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Currently, I have a P3 computer and I'm looking to purchase a new computer so as to convert all my vinyls and audio tapes to waves and MP3s. I'm estimating about 3500 MP3 files for the finished project. But here is where I need your help.
Storage: 160GB; or 200GB?
One hard drive; or two?
Memory: 512MB? Or 1024MB(1GB)?
Chipset: AMD? Or Intel?
If AMD, will Athlon XP be sufficient or do I need Athlon 64?
If Intel, P4 FSB533 or P4 FSB800?
Will a chip speed of 2.8GHz be okay? Or should I get a speed over 3.00GHz?
To get a "feel" of what's in my mind, let's use a transportation analogy. Say I need a car for work and home: I'm okay with a Honda Accord; or even a Honda Odyssey mini-van; or even a Ford Explorer. But I don't need a Corvette, Porsche, Lexus,nor a Formula ONE car. However, I might take an entry-level BMW or Benz. (Can you read my mind?)
Please bear in mind that I'll doing all my line-in recordings at nights and on weekends. And even though the recording will be done in real-time, I don't want to be bogged down with file conversion, formatting, enhancing, restoring, etc, when I'm converting the wave files to MP3s. So speed and effieciency will be important. But I don't want to spend on an [extreme] system because I won't be doing games, video editing, nor digital photos, etc. I just want to convert ALL my tapes and vinyls to MP3s; but I need a decent system that can do the job [quickly] with the software that I'm planning to buy.
I do hope that you could steer me in making a decision in purchasing a new computer that would only be used for music. Thanks.
James
Storage: 160GB; or 200GB?
One hard drive; or two?
Memory: 512MB? Or 1024MB(1GB)?
Chipset: AMD? Or Intel?
If AMD, will Athlon XP be sufficient or do I need Athlon 64?
If Intel, P4 FSB533 or P4 FSB800?
Will a chip speed of 2.8GHz be okay? Or should I get a speed over 3.00GHz?
To get a "feel" of what's in my mind, let's use a transportation analogy. Say I need a car for work and home: I'm okay with a Honda Accord; or even a Honda Odyssey mini-van; or even a Ford Explorer. But I don't need a Corvette, Porsche, Lexus,nor a Formula ONE car. However, I might take an entry-level BMW or Benz. (Can you read my mind?)
Please bear in mind that I'll doing all my line-in recordings at nights and on weekends. And even though the recording will be done in real-time, I don't want to be bogged down with file conversion, formatting, enhancing, restoring, etc, when I'm converting the wave files to MP3s. So speed and effieciency will be important. But I don't want to spend on an [extreme] system because I won't be doing games, video editing, nor digital photos, etc. I just want to convert ALL my tapes and vinyls to MP3s; but I need a decent system that can do the job [quickly] with the software that I'm planning to buy.
I do hope that you could steer me in making a decision in purchasing a new computer that would only be used for music. Thanks.
James