Discussion:
The PC 'speriment
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Sean Conolly
2009-04-23 01:46:45 UTC
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Just came home with a pile of PC components to build a new music
workstation. The question is whether this old dude can assemble the whole
lot into something that works. By this time tomorrow I'll either be surfing
in style or posting from a laptop.

Let's see, what's this over-clocking stuff all about .... why do I smell
smoke?

Sean
Frisco
2009-04-23 12:19:02 UTC
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Post by Sean Conolly
Just came home with a pile of PC components to build a new music
workstation. The question is whether this old dude can assemble the whole
lot into something that works. By this time tomorrow I'll either be surfing
in style or posting from a laptop.
Let's see, what's this over-clocking stuff all about .... why do I smell
smoke?
Sean
From my personal experience - if you plan on using the new PC for
music projects / mixing / etc, I wouldn't surf from it. I wouldn't
even connect it to the Internet. Put it on your home network but only
run local or non-IP network protocols so that you can't get attacked
from outside (ie IPX or private addresses). You can probably then get
away without applying patches or running real-time anti-virus (which
takes up tons of resources on a Windows box). I like to install the a/
v but just run a scan once a week instead of real-time, but I keep my
internet-facing machine(s) locked down tight with firewall, MS patches
and realtime a/v. I just hate it when a new MS patch blows up my
projects machine or the performance blows because of all the firewall
and a/v stuff bogging it down. If I'm gonna super-power my machine I
want to use all of it's power for ME. :-)

Paul
Sam S
2009-04-23 12:24:37 UTC
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Post by Sean Conolly
Just came home with a pile of PC components to build a new music
workstation. The question is whether this old dude can assemble the whole
lot into something that works. By this time tomorrow I'll either be
surfing in style or posting from a laptop.
Let's see, what's this over-clocking stuff all about .... why do I smell
smoke?
I'm building one tonight. I bought all the components for my parents new
PC. Can you say coooooling fans? Just make sure you have the manual for
the motherboard and your all set. I love the way they read. "Can placing
the board from into slotting "A" and hanger "B" on "C" to enter one of three
configurations... ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.

I just look at the diagrams anyway.


Sam S.
Glenn Dowdy
2009-04-23 17:14:20 UTC
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Post by Sam S
Post by Sean Conolly
Just came home with a pile of PC components to build a new music
workstation. The question is whether this old dude can assemble the whole
lot into something that works. By this time tomorrow I'll either be
surfing in style or posting from a laptop.
Let's see, what's this over-clocking stuff all about .... why do I smell
smoke?
I'm building one tonight. I bought all the components for my parents new
PC. Can you say coooooling fans? Just make sure you have the manual for
the motherboard and your all set. I love the way they read. "Can placing
the board from into slotting "A" and hanger "B" on "C" to enter one of
three configurations... ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.
I'm building a new one, too, but I'm cheating. I'm having the VooDooPC
technicians assemble and test it for me. Q9550 OC'd to 3.4GHz, 4GB RAM and a
GTX 260 GPU. It's more of a gaming machine than a DAW, but I'll use it for
mixing. I'm going to use a laptop for tracking since I don't need more than
four at a time.

Glenn D.
Todd H
2009-04-23 23:24:35 UTC
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Post by Sean Conolly
Just came home with a pile of PC components to build a new music
workstation. The question is whether this old dude can assemble the whole
lot into something that works. By this time tomorrow I'll either be surfing
in style or posting from a laptop.
Let's see, what's this over-clocking stuff all about .... why do I smell
smoke?
For an audio workstation particularly, I'd advise against it. Two
problems with overclocking:
you sacrifice stability

you generate more heat you have to get rid of which leads to
additional fan noise

shit's so fast today that for audio, you don't really need
the perf improvement OCing would bring anyway.
--
Todd H toddh.net myspace.com/bmiawmb
Glenn Dowdy
2009-04-24 15:48:19 UTC
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Post by Todd H
Post by Sean Conolly
Just came home with a pile of PC components to build a new music
workstation. The question is whether this old dude can assemble the whole
lot into something that works. By this time tomorrow I'll either be surfing
in style or posting from a laptop.
Let's see, what's this over-clocking stuff all about .... why do I smell
smoke?
For an audio workstation particularly, I'd advise against it. Two
you sacrifice stability
For some chips and OC level, the fractional loss of stability isn't worth
worrying about.
Post by Todd H
you generate more heat you have to get rid of which leads to
additional fan noise
Liquid cooling, baby.

Glenn D.

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