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THE NIGHT FOX
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2012/11/10 11:21:49 (permalink)

I'm back - NEW PC !

 
Hi everyone , been away for a few weeks . I finally finished building my new AMD computer
that now has the power and speed to run Sonar X2 when I get around to buying that software DAW sometime before the summer of next year maybe sooner then that I hope .
 
Yea I have been over a period of two years buying parts for this new PC I'm on now for two years buying what I needed as I could afford them from NewEgg.com and then storing them in my closet .
I finished building two PCs this friday night , one for my wife and one for myself . Both PC's are the same AMD motherboards and processors with seven big cooling fans installed in each computer build .
I ran mine yesterday for 12 hrs while installing software and setting up software and at the end of the night there was zero heat in my case , great for working on my music for long hours on end so I'm really happy with this PC build plus this PC is 5 times faster then my other old PC I built five years ago .
I'll be able to record as many tracks as I want without having to freeze each and every track as I record .
 
Anyway hopefully I can start recording again next week-end , I'll spend a few days letting it run and do things online to make sure theres no running issues before I spend hours reinstalling all my music software and other software I install for flightsimming and making flightsim videos for youtube .
 
Thats my great news  , I guess I better check the song section out to catch up with whats going on there and leave a comment or two .
 
See Yea soon with a new song !
 
James
 
post edited by THE NIGHT FOX - 2012/11/10 11:23:36
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    tbosco
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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 13:23:35 (permalink)
    Welcome back!  I'm sure you will love the new puter.  Looks like I may have to build one next year.

    Hey I heard you were moving to TN.  Where? 

    Cheers!

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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 16:08:14 (permalink)
    Woot Woot!!!

    Congrats and Welcome Back  


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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 16:26:53 (permalink)
    THE NIGHT FOX


     Both PC's are the same AMD motherboards and processors with seven big cooling fans installed in each computer build .

           

    Wow ! Isn't that a little overkill ? Won't it add to noise output ?

    Cheers,
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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 17:17:44 (permalink)
    Congrats.  

    Should auld acquaintance be forgot--hey, who the hell are you guys?  
     
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    slartabartfast
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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 17:24:13 (permalink)
    with seven big cooling fans installed



    Really? Couldn't fit these in the case huh?







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    THE NIGHT FOX
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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 18:37:35 (permalink)
    tbosco


    Welcome back!  I'm sure you will love the new puter.  Looks like I may have to build one next year.

    Hey I heard you were moving to TN.  Where? 

            Thanks , we are planning on moving to Nashville , Tn where her daughter, grand kids
            and her husband work & live .
            We use to live there almost nine years ago and moved to Washington on the west
            Coast .
     
            James
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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 18:49:03 (permalink)
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    THE NIGHT FOX


    Both PC's are the same AMD motherboards and processors with seven big cooling fans installed in each computer build .

         

    Wow ! Isn't that a little overkill ? Won't it add to noise output ?

    Cheers,
    Jerry
     
    Hi Jerry , yes both are AMD Motherboards & Processors . My old intel PC with two fans made more noise then these , they are not as noisy as you might think .
    I can run these all day long and not have to worry about my motherboard and processor over heating in the summer , that was one reason I decided to choose a new case that would hold seven big fans .
    Took us about eight hours to build two of them , I took my time and made sure everything inside was screwed down tight and wired perfectly to get good air flow inside .
    Didn't have any issues once they were completely built , they both fired up and ran great the first time .
    The next day we installed Windows XP Pro on both PC's , seems to be running great now and its much faster then the old PC I was running online .
    Can't wait to start recording using this rig , hopefully no more freezing tracks .
     
    James
     



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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 18:55:09 (permalink)
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    Congrats.  

              Thanks been wanting to build these for almost two years , right now I'm a happy
              camper ready to start recording next week-end with some speed and power . I
              feel like I just traded in my old VW bug for a new Dodge Charger ! Power under
              the hood next to the my old pc .
     
              James
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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 18:58:45 (permalink)
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    with seven big cooling fans installed
     
    We had to run down to our local computer store and ask for
    some extra cables to wire them in and the owner said the
    same thing SEVEN FANS !
    I just laughed and said yea this baby is the alaskan PC , its
    going to run cold all the time . LOL
     
    James



    Really? Couldn't fit these in the case huh?




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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 19:00:33 (permalink)
    Old55


    Congrats.  
     
    Thanks - James



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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/10 19:12:09 (permalink)
    My current DAW is an old server box with NINE (yes, 9!) fans and sounds like it too.  I have to keep it far away from the mics.

    My newer PC (which may have to be used as a DAW if I don't make some good money soon) has a cooling system and is dead quiet.  Gotta love new technology!

     
    Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/11 03:09:10 (permalink)
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    My current DAW is an old server box with NINE (yes, 9!) fans and sounds like it too.  I have to keep it far away from the mics.

    My newer PC (which may have to be used as a DAW if I don't make some good money soon) has a cooling system and is dead quiet.  Gotta love new technology! 
     
    Sounds like your running piping as cooling instead of fans , that type is very costly the last time I checked years ago .
     


    post edited by THE NIGHT FOX - 2012/11/11 03:10:16
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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/11 03:20:30 (permalink)
    Gotta love my trusty 2 (or is it 3?) year old DELL. It never even gets warm, no matter how long it's been slogging along with my marathon Sonar sessions. I clean the fan pretty regularly though. 

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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/11 11:10:00 (permalink)
    Well...we're nearly neighbors!  I live in a suburb of Chattanooga.

    Cheers!

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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/11 17:03:34 (permalink)
    sharke


    Gotta love my trusty 2 (or is it 3?) year old DELL. It never even gets warm, no matter how long it's been slogging along with my marathon Sonar sessions. I clean the fan pretty regularly though. 

             Yea I did that too with all my older PCs , I open up my case once a month to blow 
             the case fans and also the dust on and around the motherboard . It always runs
             cooler and smooth after a good clean out using some air . I used to buy can air
             but after finding a good bed pump that blows out air I use it . I found a good
              used electric air pump at our local GoodWill Store for $3.00 . Has a nice tip on it
             that gives me good air pressure like what you get when you use can air . Its better
             then paying almost six bucks a can , no more running out to WalMart now I plug-in
             and blow out my PC .
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    Re:I'm back - NEW PC ! 2012/11/11 17:30:19 (permalink)
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    Well...we're nearly neighbors!  I live in a suburb of Chattanooga.
     
              Cool maybe after moving there we can hookup in person , we should be moving
                  apartment lease runs out for this year .
                  I'm still installing software and trying to help my wife recover her major mother
                  board crash .
                  She deleted a motherboard file manually and now afterthing stop working .
                  She can't even boot up Windows XP , we been working on trying to fix her
                  PC for hours now .
                  I just pray she didn't somehow do something to her brand new AMD motherboard.
                  She should had used the add & remove in Windows XP to remove that driver for
                  EXPRESS GATE in the motherboard .
     
                  I have a software called ERASE , it has a BOOT disk and allows you to BOOT
                  without Windows OS on the hard drive . I'm hoping she can do that and delete
                  the hard drive partition with her Windows XP on it plus we are going to open
                  up her case and reset the motherboard and remove the battery .
     
                  Anyway trying to fix her new computer is now taking up my time working on
                  installing all my music software and updating it , always something !
     
                  James

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