HP Pavilion 920 question.

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Hi,

I have to get another computer for my music creation needs, so that I won't have to tie up the family computer. The next computer will be dedicated to my music & video applications, and I would like to get some feedback. I only have about a thousand dollars, or so, to spend - and the system that I am looking at is HP's Pavilion 920 (AMD). It comes stocked with 2Gigs of Ram, is a dual-core processor, and has a 250Gig harddrive. How do you think this particular system would fare for my needs?

Please answer ASAP, as I am looking to get something pronto.

Thanks in advance.
 
typicall Intel does better in most applications except gaming, but if the AMD is an X2, they do about as well as the intels do, so as long as it's one of the X2's, you should be alright there. The ram is plenty, you should be good on hard drive space unless you save a couple days' worth of .wav files, finally you will want to look into getting a good sound card if you're using it for music, expect to pay probably $150+ for one that will do well with recording and the like
 
suprasteve said:
typicall Intel does better in most applications except gaming, but if the AMD is an X2, they do about as well as the intels do, so as long as it's one of the X2's, you should be alright there. The ram is plenty, you should be good on hard drive space unless you save a couple days' worth of .wav files, finally you will want to look into getting a good sound card if you're using it for music, expect to pay probably $150+ for one that will do well with recording and the like
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Hi ~ and thanks for responding. The "soundcard" matter would not be an issue with me, because my synth (MotifES7) is outfitted with an mLAN16e firewire card - which (when connected to a computer) becomes a very high quality soundcard.

My wife just gave me the go-ahead to double the amount for a computer. So, with $2000 to spend, I am now looking (possibly) elsewhere. I am told that the 'Macs' are considerably better for music & video apps, and I am checking into the Imac G5. It has a 20" monitor incorporated into its design, and seems to be pretty nice. The one down-side to it is that it only ships with 512MB of Ram. Ideally, the PowerMac G5 would be the one. There again, though, extra Ram would have to be purchased - as well as a flat screen monitor for it. That would put me well above the $2000. I will check into what a 1Gig stick of Ram (the type that the new Macs utilize, which I hear is more expensive) goes for, and see what kind of cost factor would have to be realized for bumping up an Imac G5 to where I desire it to be.
 
Ahhhhhhhhhh. Unless you want to get ripped off, build your own. Mac desktops are one of the best ways to blow your money for less performance that one you build. Look at computer specs 101 (it's a sticky by praetor, I believe).
 
# ASUS A8R-MVP [RX200CF] ($95.99)
# AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 [S939, Manchester, ADA4200DAA5BV] ($359.00)
# NEC 3550A DVDRW ($39.75)
# Sapphire Radeon X300SE 128MB ($47.99)
# Rosewill 2x1GB PC3200 CL2.5 ($152.99)
# Maxtor DiamondMax10 300GB 16MB SATA3.0 NCQ ($125.00)
# Maxtor DiamondMax10 300GB 16MB SATA3.0 NCQ ($125.00)
# XClio XClio-480BL [12V@33A] ($63.99)
# RAIDMAX xB ATX-528B ($22.50)
# Arctic Cooling Freezer64 Pro ($32.99)
# Maxtor DiamondMax10 300GB 16MB SATA3.0 NCQ ($125.00)

Just upgrade the processor (or change it out for a intel 950 or so, along with a different motherboard), put a workstation graphics card in it, get windows Xp pro, get say, two 19+" LCD monitors, and a comfortable keyboard and mouse. That would be a nice computer for your job.

If you run out of space, just add some more 300GB hard drives. Of course, 0.9TB is a good amount to start with. :)
 
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