<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Joshua Boyd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdboyd@jdboyd.net">jdboyd@jdboyd.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 10:59:02AM +0200, rosea grammostola wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I need a new workstation | DAW pc, would be nice to get some advise.<br>
><br>
> Silent<br>
> Energy friendly (relative...)<br>
> Good for audio work<br>
> Price: 300 - 500 euro<br>
><br>
><br>
</div>> 1. Which components are the most important? And which components might be<br>
<div class="im">> good second hand as well?<br>
</div>> 2. How many cores, is a dualcore enough, or do I need a quatro core? It<br>
<div class="im">> would be nice to be able to enjoy the computer in the coming 3 years (I<br>
> don't know how heavy computing will be in 3 years...)<br>
</div>> 3. Which computer case?<br>
> 4. Motherboard<br>
> 5. Monitor<br>
> 6. Fans?<br>
<br>
You could give more detail about exactly what you plan to do with it.<br>
<br>
There are people who need massive power today (not to mention 3 years<br>
from now), and there are people who don't need tons of power today, and<br>
probably still won't in 3 years. The number of audio people today using<br>
3-5 year machines is pretty darn high, and they aren't limited to<br>
amatures either. That makes me think you probably don't have to worry<br>
too much about machine performance.<br><br></blockquote><div><br><br>Right, for audio a dualcore with 4 GB will do imo, but I might need some extra power for other work.<br><br>Another aspect of a pc for audio is noise. I was wondering, might it be possible to use a long cable to my pc monitor and place my pc in another room. Will there be any degradation of the quality of the visual display with a long >= 5m. cable?<br>
<br>Regards,<br>\r <br></div></div><br>