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Building a new system *feedback*
I am building a new (PC) based system to run digi002. I am concerned about *hardware compatiblity issues, so far I see none but if anyone cares to take the time to look over the following component list, and enlighten me to any conflicts that I may run into I would greatly appreciate it. Also, I am wondering just how important SCSI VS SATA is. I would like to be running a Raid 0+1 and hope that in some far off future DIGI gets cracking.Since that is not an option at present I will be using either a 160 gb SATA Drive or a 73GB SCSI Drive.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8KNXP, Intel 875P chipset for Socket 478 P4 ATX motherboard Specifications: Supported CPU:Intel® Pentium® 4 processor. Hyper-Threading Ready Chipset:Intel® 875P MCH FSB:800 / 533 MHz FSB RAM:6x Dual Channel DDR 400/333 Max 4GB ECC Support IDE:2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE Max 4 Devices Slots:1 x AGP Pro, 5 x PCI (PCI 2.2 compliant) and 1 x DPS Ports:2xPS2,1xLPT,1xCOM,4xUSB,LAN and Audio Ports Onboard Audio:Realtek ALC655 CODEC Onboard LAN:82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller Onboard RAID:GigaRAID controller chip Onboard IEEE:Texas Instrument IEEE 1394 chip Onboard SATA:Silicon Image Serial ATA chip CPU: Intel Pentium 4 / 3.0CGHz 512k socket 478 Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB - RETAIL Specifications: CPU: 3.0GHz Type: Pentium 4 Northwood Cache: 512K BUS: 800 Mhz Socket: 478 (hyper threading will be turned off) Drives *still not certain whether I should be using SCSI or SATA so I will list both alternatives* Seagate 160GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive Barracuda 7200.7 ST3160023AS - OEM Specifications: Size: 160 Gigabytes Interface: Serial ATA Seek time: 9ms RPM:7200 Data Transfer: 150MB/sec Cache 8MB or if it really matters Cheetah 73LP Model Number:ST373405LW Capacity:73 GB Speed:10000 rpm Seek time:5.1 ms avg Interface:Ultra160 SCSI Ram X4 Dimms: CORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, Low Latency (Twin Pack) 1GB(2 x 512MB) 2x(64MX64) PC-3200LL Specifications: Speed 400 MHz Organization 2 x 64M x 64 Memory type DDR Part number: TWINX1024-3200LL All the rest including power source and cooling solutions are a function of taste rather then being prime componentry for running pro tools, so I won't list those. The system I have selected is about as good as I will be able to get on my budget and the hardware has been selected to be compatible with itself, and I hope with pro-tools. If SCSI is going to be a prime issue then the Mobo I have in mind is the Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra, essentially not much different just lacks the fire wire and has an added Onboard Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI chip. Thanks for any input you might have.
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Re: Building a new system *feedback*
mmm,
reading that digi002 will not support Raid configurations.....erm, I get that right or I need some more coffee? Some more coffee didn't work. I don't quite understand why digi002 isn't compatible with using RAID array's. It seems obvious to me that using RAID 0, and raid 0+1 for the data concerned would boost write/read timings therefore maximizing system performance....
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