If you're looking for a low priced socket 754 CPU, check out the 754 Semprons. In the K8N they will overclock to rock-solid performance, and they've been shown to outperform the Athlon 64 3400's on some tasks. As for a video card, look into something that has solid support in Linux, and something that will be easy on your eyes (good refresh rates and resolution - audio mixing can involve prolonged staring at the screen :( . I'm running Ardour, Jack, Audacity, and Hydrogen on a 500MHz Athlon Classic :) with 196MB of RAM and an old Live! Drive in the front to get the job done . . . Link Iain Duncan wrote: > For what it's worth, I have that motherboard and chip combo with > gentoo ( not the 64 version right now though ) and it's worked out > well for me. I used the gentoo 2.6.8-mm sources. > > Iain > > matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Ok, I am building a machine from scratch to mix and record live music >> with >> Ardour. Please look at my specs and offer any feedback. >> >> Motherboard: >> >> Asus K8N >> >> http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8n/overview.htm >> >> Processor: >> >> AMD Athlon 64 (I haven?t decided on the speed, though price will play >> a factor >> here. Probably the 3400.) >> >> Ram: >> >> 2 ? 1GB DDR400 PC3200 ram cards. >> >> Hard Drive: >> >> I am looking at 2 80GB 7200 RPM ATA drives to use in a RAID >> configuration, which >> is apparently supported on the board. Any comments on this are >> welcomed! >> >> CD Burner >> I have a TEAC CD burner that I am planning on using. It?s fast. >> >> I?ll use a 2 space rack case with a PCI and AGP riser cards. I?ll >> probably just >> get a cheap-o AGP video card if no one thinks it matters. >> >> Audio I/O will be accomplished with the ST Audio DSP3000 with an >> additional >> ADC&DAC3000 for a total of 16 channels of full duplex 24/96 I/O. >> I?ll may add >> a 3rd ADC&DAC3000 unit at some point. >> >> Kernel: >> >> I am thinking of using eh CCRMA FC3 i86_64 kernel if we think that?s >> workable. I have heard grumblings about AMD 64 and CCRMA. If it?s >> bad, I?ll use Gentoo. Any help here would be great. >> >> Transportation: >> >> 6 or 8 space PA rack with shock mounts. >> >> Control Surface: >> >> This is an unanswered question as of now. >> >> Video: >> >> I am thinking of getting a rack video/keyboard deal like from a >> server room but >> they seem really expensive. Any comments? >> >> Thanks in advance for any feedback. >> >> >> Matt >> >> >>
