Danni Coy wrote: > Intel is generally considered faster for a single processor > workstation these days, but unless your planning to do a lot of very > CPU intensive stuff (silly amounts of plugins or softsynths) It really > shouldn't matter. > In my opinion stability / quiteness (power consumption) is more > important than CPU power. If you need 3d graphics then AMD do have > some nice low power solutions, otherwise go with whatever is easiest > for you. > > My list would be > 1) A case with good sonic insulation. (the last one I bought for an > audio workstation was an Antec something 180) > > 2) A high quality power supply with as large a fan as possible (larger > fans make less noise). > > 3) Possibly a 3rd party CPU heat sink/fan combo design with quiteness > in mind. > > 4) Look for a board with esata - It's very handy :) > > A lot of parts are rated for their noisyness at > http://www.silentpcreview.com/ last time I built a workstation I > cross referenced their reccomended parts with what my hardware people > had until I found a match. > > Of course if you have your machine built into another room etc you > won't need to worry so much about sound. > (Not related to Firewire, but to noise avoidance) We have recently built som machines at NOTAM that produce very little noise: http://www.notam02.no/projects/index.php?title=Noiseless_PC . / Hans -- Hans Wilmers NOTAM Nedre Gate 5 N-0551 Oslo Norway tlf.: +47 22358065 http://www.notam02.no _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
