HP XW8400

[vsukpadman]

Hi all

I am about to jump ship from Mac to PC . I have been a PT mac user for years, but feel that pc's have now "come of age " for PT

Given that I have the old PCI HD3 cards , and "upgrading" to PCIE seems stupid to me , plus the cost of a new mac.
I do NOT want to build my own Pc , but want the fastest/futureproofed as much as poss off the shelf protools approved model.
I am looking at the HP XW8400 , and would be grateful for any help here.


1) Does anyone USE this machine with Pt... how is it?

2) Plse confirm it will take HD3 (old pci) I notice that two of the pci-x slots are full length 100mhz, and 1 full length 133mhz?..how does that work with the three HD cards?

3) Is it worth it to get a SECOND zeon processor..what exactly will that give me for the extra money.does PT use the second processor ,if so , how?

4) Does anyone have a dealer suggestion in the UK who can beat www.it247.com

5) What video card do I get that will be PT approved AND have dual outputs?

herse the spec and price Im currently looking at

HP Workstation xw8400
MT
1 x Dual-Core Xeon 5160 / 3 GHz
RAM 2 GB
HD 1 x 250 GB
DVD±RW (+R double layer)
Gigabit Ethernet
Win XP Pro
Monitor : none
£2103.03 (Inc vat)



Thats it for now , all help appreciated

Bill P

London