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stefan ·
But it IS.
My computer broke down about a week ago, and I'm still not sure how to go about getting up and running again. I don't want to spend unnecessary cash, and at the same time, I don't quite know what part that isn't working (unfortunately, most likely the motherboard, which is custom for the st20g5 case).
So, uhm, you won't hear much from me until I got a functioning computer. Just thought you should know! Sorry if I've promised to get back to someone via e-mail, just remind me about it when I got a PC again 🙂
Cheers!
infuzion ·
Bummer! 🙁
Double bummer that I procrastinated about posting a question if I should transfer my cheap PC building tips into SM's WIKI...
...which will likely bring the SM website to its knees. 😕
Anyhow, if a dev could let Stefan know about it, & my offering to help.
rl ·
Bummer 2.
I'm currently sitting lazy on my sofa holding my shiny lil' new asus eee on my lap. Maybe that's a budget alternative. (Must check whether SM runs on it though - maybe using wineasio)
infuzion ·
rl wrote: I'm currently sitting lazy on my sofa holding my shiny lil' new asus eee on my lap.... (Must check whether SM runs on it though - maybe using wineasio)
You can try to install XP, or trade it in for the official Asus XP version.
rl ·
XP sux0rz!!! 😉
stefan ·
Oh I know how to build a cheap PC, trust me. When I got my last one, I actually sold my old for 5000skr and bought a totally new for 5300skr, the difference is about €30 or $50. I could buy a new PC that is fairly decent for about 3000kr (€330 or $500, approx) or try to buy just what I need for about 1000kr. It's just that I got other expenses this month too, so the timing wasn't exactly perfect, and it wasn't long ago I bought my HTPC. So, eh, timing sucks! 🙂 And I don't really know what part that has broken down, but it's most likely the motherboard.
Acrobat ·
... really disappointed by quality of components in the PC world. I bought a XP DAW 2 years ago and now is getting working really bad. Worse everyday. The cooling system is too noisy and it hangs when temperature rises, especially in spring and summer. Italy is too hot for PCs?.
MEANWHILE
my old G4 for internet connection is ALWAYS ON since 3 years, NEVER switch off and still goes very well and silent??
stefan ·
Acrobat wrote: ... really disappointed by quality of components in the PC world. I bought a XP DAW 2 years ago and now is getting working really bad. Worse everyday. The cooling system is too noisy and it hangs when temperature rises, especially in spring and summer. Italy is too hot for PCs?.
MEANWHILE
my old G4 for internet connection is ALWAYS ON since 3 years, NEVER switch off and still goes very well and silent??
My HTPC was cheap, runs cool and is ridicolously silent, except for one of the HDD's... passively cooled CPU and all that 🙂
electrogear ·
Acrobat wrote: ... really disappointed by quality of components in the PC world. I bought a XP DAW 2 years ago and now is getting working really bad. Worse everyday. The cooling system is too noisy and it hangs when temperature rises, especially in spring and summer. Italy is too hot for PCs?.
MEANWHILE
my old G4 for internet connection is ALWAYS ON since 3 years, NEVER switch off and still goes very well and silent??
I can sympathise. I used to have a budget PC (built it myself with minimum spec components from a nearby PC shop). It used to overheat, and the specs on the parts I bought sounded really good (to a novice) but I soon realised they weren't. Simpletons like me would buy a processor looking only at the 'clock speed' (I think it was 2.3 GHz at the time) but what they don't tell you is that there's a whole bunch of other factors that affect the performance....
Anyway, last year I saved up & bought a nice PC. A dual core E660 and a top end ASUS motherboard, (with 4GB corsair ram) didn't skimp on the cooling, got a nice modular PSU and I haven't had any problems with it (fingers crossed). Only thing I am a little miffed about is that my motherboard doesn't utilise the ram properly.
Anyway I'm a student now, so might have to trade in my PC soon as I'm running out of cash. Hope I don't have to but it might be a necessity...
I'm hoping that I might be able to release a VST fairly soon and make enough cash to keep my head above water but I doubt that will happen from most of the discussions I've heard about people's experience with selling VST's.....
infuzion ·
electrogear wrote: I used to have a budget PC (built it myself with minimum spec components from a nearby PC shop). It used to overheat... Anyway, last year I saved up & bought a nice PC. A dual core E660 and a top end ASUS motherboard, (with 4GB corsair ram) didn't skimp on the cooling,
Well, the point of my thread of mine I posted above is that one can get great performance (both speed dependability) for surprising little cash. So, in answering my own question I posted above, it seems that such advice on the WIKI would be good.
Like for a student in a budget like you, I would say the E2x0 CPU would have been better (not knowing other details like what else you use it for, if you got the E6600 on a cheap sale, etc. IMHO is is far better to have extra money in the bank & not have the biggest computer you can buy. Also consider adding 15% of the price (after tax) to represent the money you would spend on interest, or money lost from not investing it. Especially important now considering how shaky the economy is in the US...
MyCo ·
I always built my PCs myself, and I do component updates every year, so I don't have to buy a whole new PC. That works quite well, and I'm alway up-to-date without spending 1000s of euro/dollars.
Now I've a Q6600 with 4GB DDR2-800 and a quite expensive cpu cooler, that keeps the cpu temperature below 38°C... everything is in an old case from 2002 🙂 I guess that's something for the next update.
Acrobat ·
stefan wrote: My HTPC was cheap, runs cool and is ridicolously silent, except for one of the HDD's... passively cooled CPU and all that 🙂
HTPC?
@ Myco: I read about your 6600, I'm searching infos on that, where to go?
I feel with you Stefan! My computer also died this year due to a lightning-storm. At first it just got a bit unhealthy, but with time (about 14-days) it fell really ill and later completely passed away! 🙁
Got myself a lap-top now which does the job, but I have no way to use my synth via MIDI with it though, because
my professional soundcard was an internal one and now I cant use it! 😠
Hope you´ll fix it or buy another computer soon. 🙂
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