Thread: AMD system worththe expense?

I use them. My current rig is an Athlon II quad with 8 gig RAM, onboard video and sound. I use my FP10's audio for studio work, and just use onboard audio for movies, etc.

So, no need to spend money on a sound card or video card. Spend that money on more hard drive space!

My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-MAGPMUD2H (or something like that!). I don't think they make them anymore, but something along those lines works for me. I do everything "in the box" and am heavy on plugins.

Thanks John, good to know. I am put parts to plan now.

I have both and both are killer.

AMD is very solid. AMD on Win7 64 16 gig ram is wicked.

Thanks Bigtree...I'm putting together a potential system based off of a the MSI 890FXA mobo w/ Phenom 11 1100 6 core CPU. I've used Gigabyte on previous builds. This mobo new to me but I like it's specs and it will allow me 12g max on ram.
Any experience with this brand. I'm really green to AMD.

Thanks!

sorry, no idea.

MSI, Gigabtye, Asus, Acer all make good mobo's.

My question would be what is the best AMD processor for pro audio.

Here is my AMD rig : http://recording.org/content/479-ion...dio-video.html but I see they are not using AMD in their current lineup. I've read somewhere a while back that the new i7 with win7 was 60% better performance. I may be way off on this and could be totally incorrect.
I also recall that an optimized AMD machine is very stable and its why AMD was a better choice for some production companies.

Looking on PCAudioLabs line-up, whom I recommend for good information, they are also not showing AMD options in their line-up either! You may want to rethink that.
I would take the time to call them ( a custom PC DAW shop) and see why.