Hi Erik, Thanks for the reply. Okay, it looks like a dual PIII will be my minimum base line to build on. I am currently looking at used rack mount equipment. Wanting to get started with out a large outlay. As I learn more and have the freedom, I'll look to build a dual Athlon. Once again, thanks. Jimmie Houchin Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:48:03 -0600 > Jimmie Houchin <jhouchin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>I am wanting to put together a dedicated DAW for the recording of >>sermons. From that recording I will produce cassettes, cds, mp3 and >>ogg/speex (as hardware support comes). >> >>I am totally uneducated as to what is best for such. >> >>Hardware: >> >>I am currently looking at picking up used rackmount unit (4U) for this >>machine. >> >>How much processor is desired/required for this task? >>PII, PIII, P4/Athlon. > > > Don't look at PII, but PIII, Athlon and even P4 are all players. Sooner > or later you will run out of CPU grunt. You should get as much as you can > afford now. > >>Are dual systems (PII,PIII) desireable? > > > Dual systems IMO are definitely worth a look. If you look at the latest > processor with a speed of X Mhz, you can usually get 2 processors at > 80% of X MHz for less money. > >>I will buy plenty of RAM and hard drive space. > > Too much RAM is never enough. > > Erik
