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On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Danni Coy  wrote:
> 1) Obviously Sound card and Monitors are most important. Beyond that it

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> depends on the type of task. Softsynths will be typically be CPU limited,

> Multitrack recording Harddrive IO limited. I would perhaps look at this page

> for Ardour http://ardour.org/linux_system_requirements which basically

> says that any modern hardware will be fine.

> 2) Dual core should be fine, Quad cores will allow you to run more tasks at

> once. Currently it seems that intel have best low power options with the

> i3,i5,i7 series. AMD might be worth a lookin if you also want accerated

> graphics on a budget.

> 3) I built a system with the Antec P180 case about a 2 years ago. It worked

> quite well. There may be better options now.

> 4) Because I have a firewire based audio interface I have been going with

> Gigabyte Mainboards (TI firewire onboard).

> 5) Whatever you find a comfortable size to use. I have a 23 " in front of

> me at the moment and it seems a pretty good size to work with. If you also

> do a lot of photography or graphic design then I would look at either an

> IPIS or PVA based monitor IPIS monitors typically start at 1000 dollars.

> 6) Fans will largely depend on what else you end up doing. Larger fans

> typically make less noise.

>

>

Is it uberhaubt possible to have a low-power workhorse pc, to save energy?

Which components are especially important here?

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1) Obviously Sound card and Monitors are most important. Beyond that i=

t depends on the type of task. Softsynths will be typically be CPU limited,=

 Multitrack recording Harddrive IO limited. I would perhaps look at this pa=

ge for Ardour=A0http://ardour.org/linux_system_requirements=A0which basi=

cally says that any modern hardware will be fine.
2) Dual core should be fine, Quad cores will allow you to run more tas=

ks at once. Currently it seems that intel have best low power options with =

the i3,i5,i7 series. AMD might be worth a lookin if you also want accerated=

 graphics on a budget.
3) I built a system with the Antec P180 case about a 2 years ago. It w=

orked quite well. There may be better options now.4) Because I h=

ave a firewire based audio interface I have been going with Gigabyte Mainbo=

ards (TI firewire onboard).
5) Whatever you find a comfortable size to use. I have a 23 " in =

front of me at the moment and it seems a pretty good size to work with. If =

you also do a lot of photography or graphic design then I would look at eit=

her an IPIS or PVA based monitor IPIS monitors typically start at 1000 doll=

ars.
6) Fans will largely depend on what else you end up doing. Larger fans=

 typically make less noise.Is it uberhaubt=

 possible to have a low-power workhorse pc, to save energy? Which component=

s are especially important here?

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