13 Apr
2005
13 Apr
'05
4:43 p.m.
If you're looking for a low priced socket 754 CPU, check out the 754
Semprons. In the K8N they will overclock to rock-solid performance, and
they've been shown to outperform the Athlon 64 3400's on some tasks. As
for a video card, look into something that has solid support in Linux,
and something that will be easy on your eyes (good refresh rates and
resolution - audio mixing can involve prolonged staring at the screen :( .
I'm running Ardour, Jack, Audacity, and Hydrogen on a 500MHz Athlon
Classic :) with 196MB of RAM and an old Live! Drive in the front to get
the job done . . .
Link
Iain Duncan wrote:
For what it's worth, I have that motherboard and
chip combo with
gentoo ( not the 64 version right now though ) and it's worked out
well for me. I used the gentoo 2.6.8-mm sources.
Iain
matt(a)tinysongs.com wrote:
> Ok, I am building a machine from scratch to mix and record live music
> with
> Ardour. Please look at my specs and offer any feedback.
>
> Motherboard:
>
> Asus K8N
>
> http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8n/overview.htm
>
> Processor:
>
> AMD Athlon 64 (I haven’t decided on the speed, though price will play
> a factor
> here. Probably the 3400.)
>
> Ram:
>
> 2 – 1GB DDR400 PC3200 ram cards.
>
> Hard Drive:
>
> I am looking at 2 80GB 7200 RPM ATA drives to use in a RAID
> configuration, which
> is apparently supported on the board. Any comments on this are
> welcomed!
>
> CD Burner
> I have a TEAC CD burner that I am planning on using. It’s fast.
>
> I’ll use a 2 space rack case with a PCI and AGP riser cards. I’ll
> probably just
> get a cheap-o AGP video card if no one thinks it matters.
>
> Audio I/O will be accomplished with the ST Audio DSP3000 with an
> additional
> ADC&DAC3000 for a total of 16 channels of full duplex 24/96 I/O.
> I’ll may add
> a 3rd ADC&DAC3000 unit at some point.
>
> Kernel:
>
> I am thinking of using eh CCRMA FC3 i86_64 kernel if we think that’s
> workable. I have heard grumblings about AMD 64 and CCRMA. If it’s
> bad, I’ll use Gentoo. Any help here would be great.
>
> Transportation:
>
> 6 or 8 space PA rack with shock mounts.
>
> Control Surface:
>
> This is an unanswered question as of now.
>
> Video:
>
> I am thinking of getting a rack video/keyboard deal like from a
> server room but
> they seem really expensive. Any comments?
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>