Re: motherboard/cpu combo for sound

[Peter Leif Rasmussen <plr@cedara.com>]

If price wasn't a problem for sure I would go with an SMP system, and with
the AbitBP6(?) motherboard you can even get an economic dual Celeron system.
Linux 2.4 will have a vastly improved SMP functionality and stability and
without knowing particular details I would expect multiple CPUs to handle
time critical pieces better than one CPU that must deal with everything, eg.
sound recording.

Otherwise I agree that an Athlon system now is the way to go, and I would
rather go with that than a single CPU Celeron. In any case, when you have
set your budget and found out how much you want to spend on the mobo+CPU
subsystem, if comparing Celeron and Athlon, the Athlon is faster for the
same CPU-speed and I don't know of any issues with regard to sound (the
Athlon has/had some issues with some video-cards as far as I remember).

In any case, anything but Celeron and Athlon should be avoided due to both
pure performance and price/performance issues.

Peter

Paco wrote:
> 
> On 23 Feb 2000, Laura Conrad wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'm going to be upgrading my machine soon.  I wondered if there's
> > anyone here who follows the hardware market better than I do, and has
> > an opinion about what's a good buy at the moment.
> >
> > I'd also be interested in what people would get if price were no
> > object, although that isn't exactly the case with me.  And in
> > predictions about how much better a machine I can get for less in 6
> > months.
> 
> Well... if price is not an object then I'd load up with a nice fat 1GHz
> Athlon.  (You'll need to wait about a month or so to get one.)  As far as
> waiting goes, you'll be able to pick up a 800MHz Athlon in about a month
> for less than I paid for my 550MHz one month ago.
> 
> But... if price *is* an object, and you're looking for bang-for-the-buck,
> I'd suggest a celeron (although I despise Intel) or an AMD K6-II or
> K6-III.  I previously used a K6-II-350 and it worked GREAT for hard disk
> recording.  Midi?  I don;t know anything about that.  I never use it.
> 
> regards,
> -Paco