This is the new Sandy Bridge based DAW that I'm thinking of building. I've checked the FW card is TI based, and it is. Everything else is pretty standard to be honest. But what do you think? Am I missing a trick?
Mac makes 8 core systems now?
Have we gotten that far into computer technology?
I'm not going to be bothering with RAID, but I do have other hard-drives and a graphic card I'm gonna throw in. From my current quad core machine
I want to refrain from this becoming a PC vs Mac thread - I just wanted opinions on whether I'd picked the right components. I think it should all be fine. But no wars please
AFAIK, if you mirror the drive using RAID you may speed up your file access, but if one of the drives goes down, you lose everything. Not really willing to take the risk, would rather just make regular backups.
750w PSU is a total waste of money, you will never be needing more than 500 or 550w top.
750w PSU is a total waste of money, you will never be needing more than 500 or 550w top.
I heard someone say that about a 500gb hard drive about three years ago when I built my old computer.