Many moons ago I set out to build a DAW. Almost there. Running a 1.6a overclocked. Since I havene't been in here in forever, any quick thought you have about doing this? So far I was up to 2.4 GHZ and when I ran SiSandra burn in (10x) the core temp went up to (only?) 48 degrees C. Is this good? I have the following rig:

I know nothing about video. :confused: I just want to be sure I get a sensible card for the DAW I'm building. I can't remember the last time I played a game and video quality is not that important to me as long as it's generally acceptable. Maybe I'm wrong, but I doubt I need a high dollar card principally to perform audio tasks. Of course, I don't want visual interference.

so I used the Zalman flower heat sink and fan (variable control) in my new ANUS because it is reportedly quiet. I also used the Enermax 350W P/S with the variable speed control for the same reason. Currently i have both fans running high and it's pretty loud. Obviously I can turn them both down, but I do not know what are acceptable temps for the mobo (P4PE) and P4 2.4B.

This is a little off topic in that it does not have to do with using a PC as a DAW. I've got my p4b266 in an Antec Plus1080 case. It has the obvious power supply fan, two fans on the back and one on the door. It is certainly not super quiet, though no more noisier than my old IBM Aptiva 166 which appears to just have the power supply fan.

Hi friends.Here`s my setup:

G4 733
Tascam Us-428
Behringer mic preamp-amp(two channels)
RODE NT-1
Cubase/ or/Nuendo

Was at an AMD promotional event last night, and they had a rep from Shuttle there, flaunting their toaster-box style PCs.

I am looking for some user comments and comparisons of the Alesis HD24, Tascam 2424, Mackie Hd24, Radar's contribuion to the same field.

So far I had been thinking about the Alesis model. Now I hear that the Mackie has just dropped price dramatically.

Which one of the above (or others) should I get as a most bang for the buck?

Woods

. ears open...listening.

thanks!

So, I got my machine up and running and all is well! The only problem I had was installing XP. Originally, I was trying to copy files w/o running smartdrv.exe so the machine would hang. So I re-booted and ran smartdrv.exe first then installed windows and everything is fine.

Got the parts together and it works like a charm! Thanx Opus for all advice.