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DJ SKY DJ SKY is offline
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Okay, what is the best CPU? Is it the AMD Athlon, or the PIII? I know the athlon has some hardware conflicts, has the largest CPU fan I have ever seen, and is capable of warming your lunch on, but is the PIII better or worse. I know they came out with another socket 7 version (also known as the "Flip Chip"), which can use a slot one adapter (the hershey bar design), but does that mean the new socket 7 dosen't have onbard cache like the older PII and first few PIII's?
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08-23-2000
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You know what? maybe some will argue, but the PIII is way too expensive for what it is. I recently built a new workstation, which works just VERY WELL, and no pentium at all: AMD Athlon 900Mhz. I didn't choose the 1000Mhz because the speed differnece is not significant and because it is almost twice the price (!) ofthe 900.

I red in one of your posts that you are running your PC with 64 MB of ram, I suggest that you put at least 128MB to be able to run many software at once, and trigger more sounds etc.. Which depends also on what programs you are using. Nowaday, people put 256MB or even 512MB of RAM.

Anyway, wanted to post my 2 cents about the Athlon, it works very well.

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DJ SKY DJ SKY is offline
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Yeah, I think so too. I have 130 MB of RAM

[Edited by DJ SKY on 08-25-2000 at 09:04 AM]
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What CPU are you going to get then, an AMD Athlon?
Post when you get your new PC up and running to tell us how you like it and if you run into problems.

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08-25-2000
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What are the conflicts the Athlon has, is it 100% reliable?
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DJ SKY DJ SKY is offline
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AMD has conflicts because it only uses specific motherborards, and I think it uses specific types of RAM. I will post when I get my computer up. Yo mano, what type of sound card kicks?

[Edited by DJ SKY on 09-01-2000 at 04:52 PM]
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Okay... I am currently running an AMD Athlon 900Mhz. Of course its a special kind of motherboard, just like PIII has its own motherboards.

The memory is not special type. I am running 512MB of PC133 DIMM, just regular 256MB modules.

Apparently I didn't run into any bug or conflict with music software yet.

DJ SKY: The creamware soundcards are the bomb... fromt he LUNA to the POWERSAMPLER or the PULSAR II and the SCOPE SP, they go up to $4600 USD depending on your needs. Check out their website www.creamware.com. I will probably review the PULSAR II very soon, deeply.

By the way DJ SKY... I saw that another guy has registered as "DJ Sky".. hehe

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Well, x'use my language but, what the hell do you need those insane speeds for?
The main thing for a composer should be stabillity and the high-end processors are Not the most stable and reliable.
I've been told by and expert that you can save money if you use IBM or AMD in the range of (350-550)Mhz. The AMD is cheaper and just as stable.
I use a 400 AMD K6. Hell, I don't need anymore, I can use three different music programs at the same time, And It Never Goes Dark!
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09-05-2000
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Wise wise DJ Chriss
getting a cheaper system enables one to get a better soudcard and a bigger screen (you need one with all these graphical interfaces).

I have a 900Mhz and love it, but it is true that a 500 Mhz would do most jobs. Though I will never get enough RAM, this is useful for stability etc..

And as Chriss said, the Athlon (AMD) is much cheaper and works very well. I am still looking for a conflict with my music software and equipment

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This is the one and only DJ SKY. I am da official DJ SKY. Get it straight. Ha Ha . WOW. That cream software is about as expensive as a computer. I am gonna have 2 save some (if you follow mm ). Man Mano, U must gotta stash. This website pays good huh?

Thanks 4 da info.
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