Noah Roberts schrieb: >On 5/12/05, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 06:44 -0400, lanas wrote: >> >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>> I'm plaaning to get a new home PC that could also be used (along with >>>software development) for creating and recording music. >>> >>> What I'd like to do: sequence MIDI external sounds (synth module(s)), >>>add accoustic guitar and flute, record everything to wav and/or Ogg >>>Vorbis formats (using original external synths sounds). Optionally, to >>>be also able to choose from a palette of SoundFonts (as I did with >>>my current PC, using a SB Live! card and MusE). >>> >>> What I'd like to get as PC: an Athlon 64bit based mobo, 2 GB RAM, some >>>250 GB disk storage. graphics card not that important as it's not used >>>to play games (why not on-board graphic ?). Operating system: in the >>>end most likely handmade Linux based on LFS (Linux From Scratch) but for >>>starters SuSE 9.3 64-bit, or any other that's good enough. >>> >>> Now, is there some strong allergic reaction between a Linux Audio >>>setup and 64-bit CPUs ? Are 64-bits platforms recommended for audio >>>purposes or is it better to wait a few more years ? If it's OK, which >>>mobo would you recommend ? >>> >>> >>If you want it to Just Work I would say wait a year or get a 32 bit >>system. Many people seem to buy x86_64 systems and expect it to be 100% >>as reliable as a 32 bit system. But of course this will not be so, as >>32 but x86 has been around for 20-25 years, and x86-64 came out what, 6 >>months ago? >> >>I would recommend avoiding 64 bit systems until there is a mature >>pure-64 distro to run on it. AFAICT it does not exist yet. >> >> > >You can get a 64 and run in legacy mode. The 64 is not much more >expensive than the XP counterparts. > true, but you can get a really good Skt A (abit NF7-S) board for ?45. OTOH when you go for a really cheap skt754 board, you have to pay ?50 (ECS something with sis 755). for an ok skt939 board you pay 69? (gigabyte something with NF3U) prices for cpus: Athlon XP 3000+ : 98 A64/skt754 3000+ : 111 A64/skt939 3000+ : 118 so tahts 143? vs. 187? or + 30% price for the A64 solution. the A64 _is_ faster OTOH, and does use less power, even at stock speeds => lower noise. and with 2 GB ram in mind, i would save at least 38 ? for ram (ie. the skt a has three memory slots; so i need one 1 GB and 2 x 512 MB thats 128? + 2 * 45? = 218. skt939 has 4 memory slots, so i need 4 x 512MB = 4 * 45? = 180?) so the diff would decrease to only 6 ?. this will clearly favour the A64. and, if i had the choice right now, id get the A64 anyway, even it was 50? more expensive as this is a way more future proof. > I have been using 64 for quite a >while now...between 1 and 2 years somewhere. Some stuff is not as >stable and my DVD burner just now started working with the newer >kernels. I run into few problems really though. There are several >full fledged distributions for the 64. I use Gentoo myself and they >now have a GRP for the 64 (when I installed stage3 was most pre-built >you could get). > > > >
