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Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableOK lack of replies to that...
I think my initial tests are going to be trying to get my antiquated P4 sys=
tem running on what I have. Asus P4C800-ED motherboard=2C 3GHz Intel P4 CPU=
=2C 2GB RAM=2C graphics card which I think might be knackered... If I find =
this to be seriously struggling (or components failed) then I will still lo=
ok at a new board. Any serious thoughts on this? Think I might actually hav=
e more RAM lying around at least...Due to the feedback on my initial choices seeming very much in the negative=
=2C even though they have mainly come from (video encoding) servers running=
Ubuntu linux and in use 24/7=2C I wonder what you people would recommend?Budget =A3500-700. Items required:
Motherboard (With at least 1x old PCI slot=2C preferably 2. Also must have =
onboard RAID1. (Yes I decided to listen to the points about RAID5 even thou=
gh they are very much mainly aimed at large servers=2C not a small=2C 3 har=
d drive array in a small system. I still want a protected RAID though!))
CPU
RAM
Graphics card
HDD x2Case and peripherals I already have. Audio Interface is most likely to be H=
DSP PCI card (as that will go in the computer I will try and get working) b=
ut is not to be included in the above budget.I know mail-lists are the best places for these types of question but for m=
usic specific stuff the forums are never as good as far as users and inform=
ation goes.Regards=2C Dale
From: dj_kaza@hotmail.com
To: arnold@arnoldarts.de=3B linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
Date: Tue=2C 30 Oct 2012 12:54:44 +0000
Subject: Re: [LAU] OT: New i7 rig=2C Gfx card recomendations and more.Date: Sat=2C 27 Oct 2012 22:19:39 +0200
From: arnold@arnoldarts.de
To: linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
Subject: Re: [LAU] OT: New i7 rig=2C Gfx card recomendations and more.On Wed=2C 24 Oct 2012 10:46:49 +0000 Kaza Kore
wrote:
With something that is going to be quite so mobile I really preferably=20
do want to be running the OS off a RAIDed drive! Sure I could use a=20
single drive and regularly ghost it to a backup one at home but this=20
isn't going to help me if it gets damaged on the way to a party. Well=20
guess it might if I also take the spare and backup after every event...=20
RAID seems so much more suited to the job though!
=20
For the Mobo: Use something from a brand known for quality. Asus might
do okayish laptops=2C their boards are almost as crap as asrock. For an
intel-system=2C why not use an intel board? The higher price is _small_
when you take the higher quality into account. High-quality boards
last much longer and work better.
Asus known as being shit? I admit I haven't done much researched into=20
hardware since I built my last desktop I think in 2001 and that definitely=
=20
didn't seem to be the consensus then. And it seems weird that we would=20
chose a known poor component for video ingest servers which are to be on=20
24/7=2C although it is already the third revision of the build. So what=20
would you recommend?
=20
PCI is dead=2C any graphics card with linux-support is good. Now the
salesman in me takes over: intel is actively supporting the
linux-community also in the graphics field=2C not like nvidia. Yes=2C we
are an intel-reseller. We only see other hardware when its broken and
the customers want us to fix it or get the data of from it.
=20
Yeah PCI is definitely on the way out! But dead just yet? Almost every=20
board I've looked at has at least 1 for legacy reasons. I guess the same=20
was true for ISA for a while after PCI came out though and those were=20
gone off 99% of boards many years ago... My thoughts were more trying=20
to ensure that the support for the PCIe version of the HDSP card was as=20
supported as the PCI version.
So I will look at an ATI card then :-)
Although I am slightly leaning towards trying to get my old P4 computer=20
back up and working and see quite how underpowered for what I want to do=20
it turns out to be. I think the graphics card is the only fully dead compon=
ent...
Cheers to everybody who has responded.
Dale.
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OK lack of replies to that...I think my initial tests are going to =
be trying to get my antiquated P4 system running on what I have. Asus P4C80=
0-ED motherboard=2C 3GHz Intel P4 CPU=2C 2GB RAM=2C graphics card which I t=
hink might be knackered... If I find this to be seriously struggling (or co=
mponents failed) then I will still look at a new board. Any serious thought=
s on this? Think I might actually have more RAM lying around at least...Due to the feedback on my initial choices seeming very much in the neg=
ative=2C even though they have mainly come from (video encoding) servers ru=
nning Ubuntu linux and in use 24/7=2C I wonder what you people would recomm=
end?Budget =A3500-700. Items required:Motherboard (With at leas=
t 1x old PCI slot=2C preferably 2. Also must have onboard RAID1. (Yes I dec=
ided to listen to the points about RAID5 even though they are very much mai=
nly aimed at large servers=2C not a small=2C 3 hard drive array in a small =
system. I still want a protected RAID though!))CPURAMGraphics c=
ardHDD x2Case and peripherals I already have. Audio Interface i=
s most likely to be HDSP PCI card (as that will go in the computer I will t=
ry and get working) but is not to be included in the above budget.I=
know mail-lists are the best places for these types of question but for mu=
sic specific stuff the forums are never as good as far as users and informa=
tion goes.Regards=2C DaleFrom: dj_kaza@hotmail.comTo: arnold@ar=
noldarts.de=3B linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.orgDate: Tue=2C 30 Oct=
2012 12:54:44 +0000Subject: Re: [LAU] OT: New i7 rig=2C Gfx card recom=
endations and more.
Date: Sat=2C 27 Oct 2012 22:19:39 +0200From: arnold@arnoldarts.de<=
br>To: linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.orgSubject: Re: [LAU] OT: New =
i7 rig=2C Gfx card recomendations and more.On Wed=2C 24 Oct 20=
12 10:46:49 +0000 Kaza Kore <=3Bdj_kaza@hotmail.com>=3Bwrote:&g=
t=3B TL/DR:>=3B Z68 - works with RAID5 on SATA2 ports OK?>=3B R=
ME HDSP card - PCI or PCIe?>=3B Gfx card recommendations??>=3B =
Or persuade me to go for a cheaper rig as I probably don't really>=3B=
need all that...>=3B >=3B Regards=2C Dale.>=3B =
Regarding the raid5:http://www.miracleas.com/BAARF/ And we (as th=
e business I work for) have dismissed hw-raid in general.A while back y=
ou only got problems if your controller broke and youdidn't have the sa=
me again. Nowadays you even get problems when youupdate the firmware of=
the controller (or when your cold-standbydoesn't have the correct fw-v=
ersion). Just stay away from it.=
With something that is going to be quite so mobile I really preferably =
do want to be running the OS off a RAIDed drive! Sure I could use a sin=
gle drive and regularly ghost it to a backup one at home but this isn't=
going to help me if it gets damaged on the way to a party. Well guess =
it might if I also take the spare and backup after every event... RAID =
seems so much more suited to the job though! For the Mobo: U=
se something from a brand known for quality. Asus mightdo okayish lapto=
ps=2C their boards are almost as crap as asrock. For anintel-system=2C =
why not use an intel board? The higher price is _small_when you take th=
e higher quality into account. High-quality boardslast much longer and =
work better.Asus known as being =
shit? I admit I haven't done much researched into hardware since I buil=
t my last desktop I think in 2001 and that definitely didn't seem to be=
the consensus then. And it seems weird that we would chose a known poo=
r component for video ingest servers which are to be on 24/7=2C althoug=
h it is already the third revision of the build. So what would you reco=
mmend? PCI is dead=2C any graphics card with linux-support i=
s good. Now thesalesman in me takes over: intel is actively supporting =
thelinux-community also in the graphics field=2C not like nvidia. Yes=
=2C weare an intel-reseller. We only see other hardware when its broken=
andthe customers want us to fix it or get the data of from it. Yeah PCI is definitely on the way out! =
But dead just yet? Almost every board I've looked at has at least 1 for=
legacy reasons. I guess the same was true for ISA for a while after PC=
I came out though and those were gone off 99% of boards many years ago.=
.. My thoughts were more trying to ensure that the support for the PCIe=
version of the HDSP card was as supported as the PCI version.S=
o I will look at an ATI card then :-)Although I am slightly leaning=
towards trying to get my old P4 computer back up and working and see q=
uite how underpowered for what I want to do it turns out to be. I think=
the graphics card is the only fully dead component...Cheers to=
everybody who has responded.Dale.________________=
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