4 Aug
2009
4 Aug
'09
8 p.m.
Hello all,
I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad core)
machine to be used for audio processing (and running
Linux of course). Rack mount is preferred but not
essential.
What would you recommend to look at ?
TIA,
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4 Aug
4 Aug
10:07 p.m.
Fons Adriaensen wrote:
Hello all,
I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad core)
machine to be used for audio processing (and running
Linux of course). Rack mount is preferred but not
essential.
What would you recommend to look at ?
if noise is not a problem, no problem. if it is, check the silent boxes
from thomas-krenn.com (not silent at all, but only obnoxious, not
earth-shattering). they are stand-alone towers, but rack-mount kits are
available.
if heat is a problem (and i think it always is), pay special attention
to which cpu core you are getting - generally, the smaller the process,
the better, but they don't always tell you. don't use the fastest one
you can get (bad price/performace and also probably on the edge of its
thermal design power).
best,
jörn
5 Aug
5 Aug
7:44 p.m.
Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings(a)folkwang-hochschule.de> writes:
if noise is not a problem, no problem. if it is, check
the silent boxes
from thomas-krenn.com
If noise or dust is a problem, which of course, it is, you'd go for
water cooling.
http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=372
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4 Aug
4 Aug
11:40 p.m.
Hi,
I have been using an asus board with intel core quad cpu q6600 for about
a year now with no hassles.
Does have a fairly noisy fan but I haven't actually looked into
replacing it with a quieter system.
I have found asus boards to be very compatible with Linux and especially
my audio needs over the years.
Cheers.
Hello all,
I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad core)
machine to be used for audio processing (and running
Linux of course). Rack mount is preferred but not
essential.
What would you recommend to look at ?
TIA,
5:16 a.m.
On 8/5/09, David Robillard <dave(a)drobilla.net> wrote:
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 11:39 +0700, Patrick Shirkey
wrote:
Ditto,
Q6600 on recent high end asus board. Stable and good. Noctua and
scythe cooling in an antec case make it almost silent. 3 X 12 cm fans,
hard drives suspended.
Loki
Hi,
I have been using an asus board with intel core quad cpu q6600 for about
a year now with no hassles.
Ditto. Same CPU on a Asus P5E-VM HDMI
-dr
12:43 a.m.
On Tuesday 04 August 2009 17:52:23 Fons Adriaensen wrote:
Hello all,
I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad core)
machine to be used for audio processing (and running
Linux of course). Rack mount is preferred but not
essential.
What would you recommend to look at ?
I had been looking around a while back for a good audio motherboard
and Gigabyte seemed to pop up quite a bit in terms of good SNR and other
specs for onboard sound.
As for offboard/adapter card, did you look at the M-Audio offerings?
Your PSU can make a difference in terms of noise and interference,
a lot of the ones your get with pre-built machines are crud. Get a
good one (heuristic: heavier ones are better for the same price, wattage,
etc.--big transformer, caps, heath sinks, and so on). The higher end
ones come with good shielding on cables.
Raymond
7:46 p.m.
Raymond Martin <laseray(a)gmail.com> writes:
Your PSU can make a difference in terms of noise
For your noise and dust needs..
http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=665
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4:46 a.m.
On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 23:52 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
What would you recommend to look at ?
For a four-way, I would - because of cache issues and bandwidth
considerations - recommend NOT to look at Core2.
Nehalem looks like the platform of choice at this point in time.
/j
TIA,
7:41 p.m.
Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)kokkinizita.net> writes:
I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad
core) machine to be used
for audio processing (and running Linux of course).
There's six cores available now, btw.
For serious boards, there's really only Tyan and iWill. There's also
supermicro in that class, but I don't know them that well.
Rack mount is preferred but not essential.
What are you talking about..!?!?. Of course, it's essential;).
What would you recommend to look at ?
I'd go for Tyan or iWill. Some of these boards also allow you to run
coreboot.
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7:52 p.m.
On Thursday 06 August 2009 00:41:23 Esben Stien wrote:
Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)kokkinizita.net> writes:
Some metal brackets and some screws will do nicely. No need to pay some
vendors overpriced metal brackets and screws. :-D
If it doesn't fit, use a larger hammer.
Have fun,
Arnold
Rack mount is preferred but not essential.
What are you talking about..!?!?. Of course, it's essential;). 
6 Aug
6 Aug
6:58 a.m.
Arnold Krille wrote:
On Thursday 06 August 2009 00:41:23 Esben Stien
wrote:
:D
Maybe vendors overpriced rack mount equipment decouple vibrations to
avoid noise. The hammered crooked DIY rack mount case might become a
PITA. For my computer case the only thing that sometimes make noise are
the side panels because of small clearance to the rest of the case.
Sometimes they are vibrating and bump against the rest of the case.
Problems like this are solvable, but if possible, directly buying
something that is fine, seems to be the better solution. I'm only using
DIY stuff :D, sometimes it's fine, but sometimes ... ;).
Ralf
Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)kokkinizita.net>
writes:
Some metal brackets and some screws will do nicely. No need to pay some
vendors overpriced metal brackets and screws. :-D
If it doesn't fit, use a larger hammer. Rack mount is preferred but not essential.
What are you talking about..!?!?. Of course, it's essential;).
7:34 a.m.
On Thursday 06 August 2009 10:58:30 you wrote:
Arnold Krille wrote:
No, they don't. I know from looking at the two racks in my lab filled with 5-
rack-units machines.
Some require you to have a support because they really only provide the
brackets for the front, some (the better ones) have sliding pullouts and use
the brackets at the front only for fixation.
But there is certainly no noise-reduction involved. Why? Machines of this
form-factor are normally inside a closed (but cooled!) rack inside a noisy
computer room.
It is only us audio-people sometimes searching for 19" devices (with only half
the normal depth) that make as little noise as possible to use them inside the
studio- or live-rack.
Have fun,
Arnold
On Thursday 06 August 2009 00:41:23 Esben Stien
wrote:
Maybe vendors overpriced rack mount
equipment decouple vibrations to
avoid noise. Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)kokkinizita.net>
writes:
Some metal
brackets and some screws will do nicely. No need to pay some
vendors overpriced metal brackets and screws. :-D
If it doesn't fit, use a larger hammer. Rack mount is preferred but not essential.
What are you talking about..!?!?. Of course, it's essential;). 
11:50 a.m.
On Thursday 06 August 2009 05:33:58 Arnold Krille wrote:
On Thursday 06 August 2009 10:58:30 you wrote:
On the windows side, we just bought some machines from Rain Recording (iirc)
that are in our onair studios. Custom case to fit in our slide out and rotate
in cabinate racks. Machines have hot swap sata raid iirc and are not overly
noisy.
I seem to recall a claim of them being good to go with linux too but don't
hold me to that if you follow up on this. Get verification.
Arnold Krille wrote:
No, they don't. I know from looking at the two racks in my lab filled with
5- rack-units machines.
Some require you to have a support because they really only provide the
brackets for the front, some (the better ones) have sliding pullouts and
use the brackets at the front only for fixation.
But there is certainly no noise-reduction involved. Why? Machines of this
form-factor are normally inside a closed (but cooled!) rack inside a noisy
computer room.
It is only us audio-people sometimes searching for 19" devices (with only
half the normal depth) that make as little noise as possible to use them
inside the studio- or live-rack. On Thursday 06 August 2009 00:41:23 Esben Stien
wrote:
Maybe vendors overpriced rack mount equipment decouple vibrations to
avoid noise. Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)kokkinizita.net>
writes:
> Rack mount is preferred but not essential.
What are you talking about..!?!?. Of course, it's essential;).
Some metal brackets and some screws will do nicely. No need to pay some
vendors overpriced metal brackets and screws. :-D
If it doesn't fit, use a larger hammer.
Have fun,
Arnold
all the best,
drew
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Loki Davison -
Patrick Shirkey -
Ralf Mardorf -
Raymond Martin