bajskorv
07-20-2008, 10:36 PM
Hi! I'm about to order a new comp. Gonna use it for gaming, music production(cubase+vst stuff), photoshopping huge images, video authoring/coding and some 3D in Maya. So it's gonna be an allround cpu heavy machine. I will OC it just a tad(no watercooling).
This is what I've settled for this far:
MB: RAMPAGE FORMULA S775 X48 ATX 2XGLN+1394 SATA2R FB1600 DDR2
CPU: CORE 2 QUAD Q9550 2.83GHZ SKT775 FSB1333 12MB CACHE BOXED
Mem: 2x (8Gb total) OCZ DDR2 PC8500 4096MB KIT, Reaper HPC, 2x2048MB, Heatpipe, (CL5-5-5-18)
PSU: Corsair HX1000W PSU
OS: ENG OEM Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1 DVD
CASE: Antec Performance P182 Miditower, Gun Metal Black Aluminum
GFX: *Will buy a cheap one now and upgrade to two 4870x2 in crossfire later
SOUNDCARD:
KEYB+MOUSE:
HDD:
Comments on the above would be appreciated.. and as you can see I still need to decide on what audtiocard, system hdd and keyboard/mouse to use.
The ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 seems interesting but according to this review
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:wnDwePiGgqoJ:techgage.com/print/asus_xonar_dx_71_sound_card+asus+xonar+dx+asio+vis ta+64&hl=sv&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=se&lr=lang_en|lang_sv&client=firefox-a
it looks like it eats almost 10% cpu in certain cases. I must be Asio 2.0 compatible for my music progs.
As for HDD I don't think i want noisy raptor. Was thinking on a pretty fast 300Gb or so system disk. And a lil' bigger disk for games and programs.
This is what I've settled for this far:
MB: RAMPAGE FORMULA S775 X48 ATX 2XGLN+1394 SATA2R FB1600 DDR2
CPU: CORE 2 QUAD Q9550 2.83GHZ SKT775 FSB1333 12MB CACHE BOXED
Mem: 2x (8Gb total) OCZ DDR2 PC8500 4096MB KIT, Reaper HPC, 2x2048MB, Heatpipe, (CL5-5-5-18)
PSU: Corsair HX1000W PSU
OS: ENG OEM Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1 DVD
CASE: Antec Performance P182 Miditower, Gun Metal Black Aluminum
GFX: *Will buy a cheap one now and upgrade to two 4870x2 in crossfire later
SOUNDCARD:
KEYB+MOUSE:
HDD:
Comments on the above would be appreciated.. and as you can see I still need to decide on what audtiocard, system hdd and keyboard/mouse to use.
The ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 seems interesting but according to this review
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:wnDwePiGgqoJ:techgage.com/print/asus_xonar_dx_71_sound_card+asus+xonar+dx+asio+vis ta+64&hl=sv&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=se&lr=lang_en|lang_sv&client=firefox-a
it looks like it eats almost 10% cpu in certain cases. I must be Asio 2.0 compatible for my music progs.
As for HDD I don't think i want noisy raptor. Was thinking on a pretty fast 300Gb or so system disk. And a lil' bigger disk for games and programs.