Check this - Rock Solid Music PC Quad-Core System!
You know when you get something and you just have to tell the world cause you're so proud???? Now's one of those times :lol:
I actually did quite a bit of research on this (well, a few hours heheh) and I'm so happy to say the recommendations have been spot on! This PC is ROCK solid! Wasn't too difficult to put together either. Total cost approx 800 quid all sourced from ebuyer, scan and aria.
Yesterday I got 20 tracks of audio going @ 2 % CPU.
Took me putting about another 20 plugins on them to get it up to 5% :)
Motherboard -Asus P5Q-E
CPU - Intel Quad Core Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
Cooler - Zalman CNPS 9700 LED
Memory - Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) @ 1066MhZ with it's own fan kit.
Storage - Seagate 250GB, 500GB, DVD Burner
Graphics - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850
PSU - Corsair Modular 620W
Case - Antec P182
Yesterday, I also successfully overclocked the shit out of it @ 3Ghz!!!!! If anyone gets this EXACT specification (minus the storage) here's the settings in the bios to change:
CIE - DISABLE
CPU TM - DISABLE
INTEL SPEEDSTEP - DISABLE
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AI - MANUAL
CPU RATIO - 09.0
FSB - 333
DRAM FREQ - DDR2 1066
TIMING - MANUAL (5,5,5,15 SHOULD COME UP AUTOMATICALLY UNDERNEATH)
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CPU VCORE VOLTAGE - 1.30
DRAM VOLTAGE - 2.1
Don't forget to run OCCT or Prime95 (Tortute Test) to check ya system is stable after :)
