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liquidshadow · 11-29-2006, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by fade2green514

http://www.provantage.com/zalman-zm-rs6f~7ZALM002.htm
best headphones^
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best sound card^

How are those headphones better than the HD 650s?

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Originally Posted by Archangel

get a cheap grafic's card (a X1300 on PCI-e would do)
a Core2Duo E6400 would be good enough for sound also (plenty of power left too =] ) 2Gb DDR2 RAM (667MHz), a decent motherboard LGA775 C2D compartible ofcourse

, and maybe 4 500Gb harddiskes in RAID 0 (to make the seeking time shorter, ofcourse you can use smaller Hard-disk's.. 2Terabyte may be a bit much indeed..

)
as for the power supply.. (yes, I'm doing it again

) I can only reccomend the Corsair PSU's. I think the HX520W would be more than enough for this pc. ( these PSU's actually use industrial grade components, wich makes them really durable,.. not to mention they have a 5year manufacturer warranty

)

the X-Fi soundcards are good,.. but look what sort of audio output's does the pc need? ( I can immagine you would like Coaxial digital out and optical output.

I assumed that some gaming would be involved. Also, why a e6400 when there's enough money?
I more thing that I find a little strange, no offense, but why would you recommend 2TB for music when you also say to get a worse processor and worse graphics card?
Doesn't the X-Fi Elite come with an external IO box? Couldn't you have the coaxial and optical outs?

**Archangel** · 11-30-2006, 12:00 AM

why spend more money than needed? just because the budget is there, it doesnt mean that it all has to be spend.
but yea, he could go for a E6600.. but if its only for music (and that is what i get from it so far) its a big overkill already.

as for the soundcard.. I said the X-fi is good, yea... but would you really want an external box for the different outputs?

also.. 2Tb is easely handled by the E6400.. with 2Gb of RAM... and the grafic's card.. well, that one completely has nothing to with it

like its said... Sound pc, not games nothing else is mentioned,.. just dound.. and that mainly contains, a load of storage, fast acces times and good sound quality

gamerman4 · 11-30-2006, 12:20 AM

I would suggest getting at least 1TB since you want ultimate sound production, you will want to encode all sound into lossless formats or 320Kbps mp3 and those can get a bit large.

**jimmymac** · 11-30-2006, 12:31 AM

definately need a lot of HDD space, i've got over a TB here and running out fast with my music collection

diduknowthat · 11-30-2006, 02:01 AM

Take that money, and build him a near silent rig, so when he wants to enjoy his music, he won't have to listen to those fans

lovely? · 11-30-2006, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liquidshadow

How are those headphones better than the HD 650s?

I assumed that some gaming would be involved. Also, why a e6400 when there's enough money?
I more thing that I find a little strange, no offense, but why would you recommend 2TB for music when you also say to get a worse processor and worse graphics card?
Doesn't the X-Fi Elite come with an external IO box? Couldn't you have the coaxial and optical outs?

you must understand that you gave us a very specific feild to work in. you said sound, and it does not take a huge proc and video card to run movies and music. those are hdd intensive things, not huge on proc power or ram, or especially video cards.

11-30-2006, 12:00 AM	#12 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 7,837	why spend more money than needed? just because the budget is there, it doesnt mean that it all has to be spend. but yea, he could go for a E6600.. but if its only for music (and that is what i get from it so far) its a big overkill already. as for the soundcard.. I said the X-fi is good, yea... but would you really want an external box for the different outputs? also.. 2Tb is easely handled by the E6400.. with 2Gb of RAM... and the grafic's card.. well, that one completely has nothing to with it like its said... Sound pc, not games nothing else is mentioned,.. just dound.. and that mainly contains, a load of storage, fast acces times and good sound quality __________________ God's busy, can I hellp you? Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 ( @ 960MHz ) Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb Logitech MX Revolution mouse, G-15 keyboard, Saitek X-45 AeroEngine II case Corsair HX620W PSU

11-30-2006, 12:20 AM	#13 (permalink)
gamerman4 Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 992	I would suggest getting at least 1TB since you want ultimate sound production, you will want to encode all sound into lossless formats or 320Kbps mp3 and those can get a bit large. __________________ My Gaming PC: NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Case Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R 2 x 80GB HDD 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt

11-30-2006, 12:31 AM	#14 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,676	definately need a lot of HDD space, i've got over a TB here and running out fast with my music collection __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor. http://www.peytonmusic.com/ http://forum.peytonmusic.com/ the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

11-30-2006, 02:01 AM	#15 (permalink)
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