PCI WANT TO BUY A NEW PC NEED ADVICE

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2010/11/07 02:37:07 (permalink)

PCI WANT TO BUY A NEW PC NEED ADVICE

I want to buy or build a new PC.
I can do both.
There's an Intel offer with a I5 760 6gb ram chipset H57 1to HDD quite cheap 600 euros.
Or I could buy one myself.
What do you think?
Should I wait four the new sandybrige?
Thnaks a lot.
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    fireberd
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    Re:PCI WANT TO BUY A NEW PC NEED ADVICE 2010/11/07 07:15:57 (permalink)
    Whatever hardware is available today is basically "obsolete" and the next "latest and greatest" is already on the way.  But I would say if you need (or want) a new PC go for it now.  But, my recommendation to my clients is to buy "overkill" or "buy as much as your pocketbook can stand".  If I were going to buy a PC with an Intel CPU I would only consider the I7, and a minimum of 8 GB of RAM, especially to run the 64 bit version of Sonar.

    I notice you say "PCI".  PCI interface is on the way out and some new PC's do not even have a PCI slot, they are all PCIe slots - either PCIeX16 (for Video) or PCIeX1 for other cards.

    Although there are not very many USB 3.0 devices, I would only consider a PC that has USB 3.0 ports (or at least some 3.0).


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    Re:PCI WANT TO BUY A NEW PC NEED ADVICE 2010/11/07 23:00:14 (permalink)
    I agree with fireberd except that I'm concerned that audio manufacturers are going to wait for Intel to integrate USB 3 into the chipset and that audio interfaces won't be compatible with current USB 3 provided by another manufacturer.

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    Re:PCI WANT TO BUY A NEW PC NEED ADVICE 2010/11/08 06:58:45 (permalink)
    The USB "standards" up to this point has been that they are backwards compatible with devices that have older USB types.  e.g. USB 1.1 devices will work with USB 2.0 ports, just that they run at the 1.1 speed.  


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