Hey all!
I'm new to these forums & new to overclocking! This will be my first custom built PC so please bear that in mind! The main use of this computer is for music production. This means using many different audio tracks at once. Much of this is hard disk dependant but the use of VSTi's & other plug-ins are known for using a lot of RAM.
After doin' much research i've decided to buy the componants shown in my signature. I'm definatly interested in overclocking, yet I only want to overclock to the point where the system is still stable.
My question is, which RAM setup would you recommend for the componants in my sig? I've read quite a bit about the RAM speed having to mirror the FSB of the processor (?) & i'm not 100% sure how to go about this.
(with regards to music production needing lots of RAM)
I've heard that the intel chipsets prefer 4 sticks of 256 RAM (i want a total of 1gig) as opposed to 2 sticks of 512. Is this true?
In all honestly, having never overclocked / built a pc before, i'm very much in the dark on this issue. As you can tell i don't seem all that clued up & I really could do with someone taking me under their wing & helping me to set up this new rig.
Another issue is cooling. The coolermaster case i have brought comes with 4 fans already installed. 2 at the front for intake, 1 at the top & 1 at the back for exhaust. I know the intel p4 chip comes with a heatsink & fan (i think?) and i've heard that it's pretty good. What other cooling measures would you recommend for the components i've selected so far?
I've also heard that Cubase SX doesn't support Hyper-Threading and will actually be slower with it enabled. Is it easy to disable hyper-threading on the new p4 processor? I still want the option of having HT as i guess someday cubase will support it & it'd be costly to have to update then!
I hope someone can help me with this! It would be most appreciated. I'm extremely interested in learning a lot as i build this system but don't want to make any huge mistakes that could be costly. If you feel you can help me, then it would be ace! Thanks for your time,
Daz
I'm new to these forums & new to overclocking! This will be my first custom built PC so please bear that in mind! The main use of this computer is for music production. This means using many different audio tracks at once. Much of this is hard disk dependant but the use of VSTi's & other plug-ins are known for using a lot of RAM.
After doin' much research i've decided to buy the componants shown in my signature. I'm definatly interested in overclocking, yet I only want to overclock to the point where the system is still stable.
My question is, which RAM setup would you recommend for the componants in my sig? I've read quite a bit about the RAM speed having to mirror the FSB of the processor (?) & i'm not 100% sure how to go about this.
(with regards to music production needing lots of RAM)
I've heard that the intel chipsets prefer 4 sticks of 256 RAM (i want a total of 1gig) as opposed to 2 sticks of 512. Is this true?
In all honestly, having never overclocked / built a pc before, i'm very much in the dark on this issue. As you can tell i don't seem all that clued up & I really could do with someone taking me under their wing & helping me to set up this new rig.
Another issue is cooling. The coolermaster case i have brought comes with 4 fans already installed. 2 at the front for intake, 1 at the top & 1 at the back for exhaust. I know the intel p4 chip comes with a heatsink & fan (i think?) and i've heard that it's pretty good. What other cooling measures would you recommend for the components i've selected so far?
I've also heard that Cubase SX doesn't support Hyper-Threading and will actually be slower with it enabled. Is it easy to disable hyper-threading on the new p4 processor? I still want the option of having HT as i guess someday cubase will support it & it'd be costly to have to update then!
I hope someone can help me with this! It would be most appreciated. I'm extremely interested in learning a lot as i build this system but don't want to make any huge mistakes that could be costly. If you feel you can help me, then it would be ace! Thanks for your time,
Daz
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