My great new computer

ScarySquirrel

ScarySquirrel

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  • Abit KR7A-RAID motherboard
  • AMD Athlon XP 2200+ processor
  • 512MB PC2100 DDR-RAM
  • Maxtor 100GB 5400RPM hard-drive
  • Soundblaster Audigy Platinum sound-card
  • GeForce4 MX 64MB RAM video-card
  • Artec 16X DVD-ROM
  • 32X/12X/40X CD-R/RW
  • Hewlett-Packard 10/100Mbps ethernet card
  • 19" Spectre flat-panel LCD display
I'm going to be really happy once I put all these computer parts together...
 
All is good exept the video card.
If I were going to build such a high end sys I would've gone for a Ti4200 atleast
 
That doesn't make it good.
The Geforce 3 Ti200 is higher end then the GF4 MX's.
 
Ah, but my wallet says otherwise. If my plans were to play a bunch of computer games I probably would've shelled out the extra bucks... Me though? I don't play many computer games, therefore I don't need that great of a video-card. At least by my reasoning.
 
Ah. Well judging by the rest of the comp you'll have alot left over for just normal use.

Thats a really high end comp for someone who doesn't game..
Any special uses for it or something?
 
Not to mention I do a lot of audio related stuff on my computer. Not just normal MP3 crap...

Hence the kick-ass sound-card. I do a little bit of mixing and some song creating on my computer. Sometimes I get a couple of programs running all at once. Importing a sound file I just edited in one program to another to warp it or something like that... I have a feeling you'll probably get the drift. :)
 
:lol:
Makes sense!
Enjoy that killer machine :)


Audio editing really doesn't take THAT many resorces, but that isn't my specialty.
I really don't mess with my music.
 
Very nice system you got there SS.

I'm not sure why people buy the MX cards. A GeForce 3 is very cheep now, under $120. People buy MX cards and then complain about why their Quake III performance is so low...
 
sweet comp. mine is ****. can't wait to win the lotto so I can buy me a top end computer. :lol: *like that's ever gonna happen*
 
I really doubt he spent more then $800 for all that.
If you hit the lotto you should have enough left over for a Mclaren F1 LM and your own private track in your back yard :)
 
...maybe now you can crank up your posting average to one a day...


:P

Nice machine, tho. I may have to give the ol' T-bird the boot and get an Athlon XP very soon myself. :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by MistaX
I really doubt he spent more then $800 for all that.
If you hit the lotto you should have enough left over for a Mclaren F1 LM and your own private track in your back yard :)
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You know for a fact he spent more than that.... :rolleyes:

And Scary, if you end up thinking about gaming, skip the about to be outdated GF4Ti's. The next generation of cards is a few weeks away and they are sporting a massive increase in power... (for the same price as the current cards)
 
The whole system cost me about $1000. Pretty dang close to that. But, the reason for it being so cheap is mainly because I'm putting it all together myself.

I might consider upgrading my video-card someday. I do play some games sometimes on my computer... but not really enough to be worried about it. I never have more than one game on my computer at a time...
 
Oh, and just to make one thing clear. That $1000 price tag is definitely BEFORE the 19" flat-panel LCD display. Thank God I'm still young enough to mooch a little bit off the parents... :D
 
$800 is close to $1000 Tom so shush.

Monitors don't count, as they're not important.
 
Originally posted by MistaX
:lol:
Makes sense!
Enjoy that killer machine :)


Audio editing really doesn't take THAT many resorces, but that isn't my specialty.
I really don't mess with my music.
Click to expand...


Try recording 32-tracks of 24-bit, 48khz at once with plugins armed on all the tracks... You WILL need THAT many resources and then some.... :)
 
So ScarySquirrel,

What kind of audio editing are you doing? Full on tracking or sequence (loops) time of stuff? What software are you using? Soundforge, Fruity Loops, Reason, ect.... Got any audio hardware besides your keyboard/mouse/soundcard?

Just wondering, I love to record and have built a project studio where I offer full audio production for my clients...

Here's a link for some pics of the studio...it's my pride and joy for sure! http://forums.gtplanet.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3510&highlight=Pakos+Domain

:cheers:
 
I make lots of loop-based music. Sometimes I do little remixes and crap on my computer. Sometimes I like to take a enough songs to make a CD and edit the ends/beginnings of them so the transition is smooth. I'm not really that great at all this stuff... but I get pleasure out of it, so I do it.

Right now I mainly play around with Cakewalk PLASMA, Acid Pro, Fruity Loops, and Cool Edit Pro. I don't have any other hardware other than my computer, actually. But I'm saving up some money to invest in a sampler and possibly a drum machine. I need some turntables too... I've got a ton of records and no turntables. You can check out my first (and only even halfway decent) remix here. It's the Beastie Boys doing Intergalactic. :)

By the way, the studio you have in your basement is pretty awesome. I'd like to have something like that some day...
 
Right on man.... :thumbsup: I like it....

This is a ltitle different style of music, but here is the latest coming out of my studio, which you can download here. I'll be having the band back in the studio to do an entire CD in a couple of weeks...

:cheers:
 
LOL, I know I know...., but keep in mind that regular audio CD's are only 16-bit, 44.1khz...

Although I only track at up to 48khz, all my mastering and effects are applied at up to 32-bit, 192khz.... :P :)
 
C'mon...we want to get those low-pass filter effects pushed so far out of the audible band that their own mothers won't recognize them. :odd:
 
LOL, a lot of it has to do with Dynamic range....but seriously, there's alot of resolution with 16-bit, 44.1khz, that "most" house hold stereo's can't even come close to representing...

So what about 24-bit, 192khz SACD (Super Audio CD).... Without all the componets in the chain to relate the detail, the detail is lost.
 
Well, that's what I'm talking about. I have had the opportunity to use MSB's Link DAC III with an upsampling upgrade installed. Basically, upsampling adds dummy data to the audio stream that allows a shallower filter slope or a higher frequency setting. That removes so many artifacts from the sound it's not even funny. You want detail? We got it...stuff that came through as noise before (or not at all) becomes clearly audible. High frequencies (transients especially) lost much of their "gritty" sound. You heard not just the performers, but the space around them.

And yes, my system has sufficient resolution to reveal these things. :)

(Sorry to jack your thread, SS. Carry on...) :smilewink
 

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