ive been using a p4 3.2g for 4 years now. time to change. But
at what point does it get sort of redudant shelling out more bucks for a system? meaning, if im tight on the cash, is it worth it just relenquishing the slightly better specs? this is for audio/daw work. which one should i pick. i can afford all of them, but obviously the most expensive one, its really sucking my wallet dry.
example:
COmputer # 1
Quad-Core: Tower, Asus P5W64, QX6700 2.66Ghz, CNPS 9500,
Kingston DDR2-800 KVR800D2N5/1G X2
DDR2800-1024X22GB DDR2-800, XFX 7300GT,
16X DVDRW-CDRW, 80G HD, XP-Pro
gigabit lan
Price $2300
computer # 2
MOBO/CHIPSET: ASUS, P5W DH Deluxe, LGA775, Intel 975X, DDR2-800 8GB/4, PCIe x16, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 10, HD Audio, 2x GbLAN + WLAN, FW, ATX, Retail
PROCESSOR: INTEL, Core 2 Duo E6700 Dual-Core, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65nm, 65W, EM64T EIST VT, Retail
COOLING: ZALMAN, CNPS7000B-AlCuLED Copper-Aluminum CPU Cooler, Blue LED
RAM: CORSAIR, 4GB (4 x 1GB) XMS2 DDR2 Pro PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz CL5 (5-5-5-12) SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC, Platinum
price: about $2300-2400
Computer # 3
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- Dual Core (2x4MB L2 Cache)
- 2.0GB Dual Chan. DDR2 RAM
- Genuine Intel 965 Chipset
- 500GB SATA II 16MB (RAID 0)
- DVD Dual Layer w/ Lightscribe
- Nvidia 6200 PCI-E w/ DVI
- Gigabit Ethernet + S/PDIF Out
- Windows XP Home Edition
price: $1600
Computer # 4
HP M7690N
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6400 1066mhz FSB
Watch HD DVDs/burn DVDs
Dual 250GB hard drives • Watch and record TV
2048MB of DDR2 SDRAM (could add 2 more gig)
price: about $1600
Computer #5
Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Dual Athlon 64 Cores Clocked at 2.6GHz
_._Frequency / Cache Sizes: 2.6GHz w/ 512KB L2 cache-per-core (1MB total L2 per processor)
_._L1 Cache Sizes: 64K - L1 instruction + 64K - L1 data cache per core (256KB total L1)
_._Memory Controller: Shared integrated 128-bit wide memory controller
RAM: 2gig DDR2
price: $899
at what point does it get sort of redudant shelling out more bucks for a system? meaning, if im tight on the cash, is it worth it just relenquishing the slightly better specs? this is for audio/daw work. which one should i pick. i can afford all of them, but obviously the most expensive one, its really sucking my wallet dry.
example:
COmputer # 1
Quad-Core: Tower, Asus P5W64, QX6700 2.66Ghz, CNPS 9500,
Kingston DDR2-800 KVR800D2N5/1G X2
DDR2800-1024X22GB DDR2-800, XFX 7300GT,
16X DVDRW-CDRW, 80G HD, XP-Pro
gigabit lan
Price $2300
computer # 2
MOBO/CHIPSET: ASUS, P5W DH Deluxe, LGA775, Intel 975X, DDR2-800 8GB/4, PCIe x16, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 10, HD Audio, 2x GbLAN + WLAN, FW, ATX, Retail
PROCESSOR: INTEL, Core 2 Duo E6700 Dual-Core, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65nm, 65W, EM64T EIST VT, Retail
COOLING: ZALMAN, CNPS7000B-AlCuLED Copper-Aluminum CPU Cooler, Blue LED
RAM: CORSAIR, 4GB (4 x 1GB) XMS2 DDR2 Pro PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz CL5 (5-5-5-12) SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC, Platinum
price: about $2300-2400
Computer # 3
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- Dual Core (2x4MB L2 Cache)
- 2.0GB Dual Chan. DDR2 RAM
- Genuine Intel 965 Chipset
- 500GB SATA II 16MB (RAID 0)
- DVD Dual Layer w/ Lightscribe
- Nvidia 6200 PCI-E w/ DVI
- Gigabit Ethernet + S/PDIF Out
- Windows XP Home Edition
price: $1600
Computer # 4
HP M7690N
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6400 1066mhz FSB
Watch HD DVDs/burn DVDs
Dual 250GB hard drives • Watch and record TV
2048MB of DDR2 SDRAM (could add 2 more gig)
price: about $1600
Computer #5
Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Dual Athlon 64 Cores Clocked at 2.6GHz
_._Frequency / Cache Sizes: 2.6GHz w/ 512KB L2 cache-per-core (1MB total L2 per processor)
_._L1 Cache Sizes: 64K - L1 instruction + 64K - L1 data cache per core (256KB total L1)
_._Memory Controller: Shared integrated 128-bit wide memory controller
RAM: 2gig DDR2
price: $899
