Slow ass bus? Yes the theoretical limit is lower, but the drives don't spin fast enough to make a difference. The average HDD doesn't come close to using the 133Gb/s bandwith, evermind the SATA II spec of 3Gb/s. 7200 RPM is 7200RPM any way you slice it.
Intel QX6700
Asus Stryker Extreme 680i chipset motherboard
2GB (or 4GB is using a 64 bit OS) Corsair 1066MHz
2x Nvidia 8800GTX
Promise Supertrack EX4350 PCI-e x4 Raid Controller
4x 750GB Seagate Barracuda in Raid 5
2x Plextor slot-loading DVDRW 20x
Galaxy 1000W PSU (way overkill, but this is a dream machine right?)
2x Apple Cinema 30" Widescreen LCDs (not up on monitors, there are probably better)
This is pretty easy, because unless you're into development (and thus would want Quadros or FireGLs over the GTXs) there are clear winners in performance right now. The only thing that would be faster is to put Raptors in the RAID 5, but I'd prefer more space in this case.
I may be wrong, but the major selling point of the 965 DS3 line is that it has solid state caps. The cheaper S3 line does not but is otherwise identical. These boards have been out for over 6 months. It may be new that they're introducing them to the 945 chipset line, but who's buying 945 anyway?
And I'd wager that you're not a musician. Do a little more research into how a studio works. Also 90% of being a musician isn't simply recording, it's touring, that's where the real money is. If you can sell a million albums at 18 bucks a piece that's 18 million gross sales. If you can sell a million concert tickets at 25-100 dollars a piece, that's a hell of a lot more. And you can tour a ton more than you can write new material and record it
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Slow ass bus? Yes the theoretical limit is lower, but the drives don't spin fast enough to make a difference. The average HDD doesn't come close to using the 133Gb/s bandwith, evermind the SATA II spec of 3Gb/s. 7200 RPM is 7200RPM any way you slice it.
Intel QX6700 Asus Stryker Extreme 680i chipset motherboard 2GB (or 4GB is using a 64 bit OS) Corsair 1066MHz 2x Nvidia 8800GTX Promise Supertrack EX4350 PCI-e x4 Raid Controller 4x 750GB Seagate Barracuda in Raid 5 2x Plextor slot-loading DVDRW 20x Galaxy 1000W PSU (way overkill, but this is a dream machine right?) 2x Apple Cinema 30" Widescreen LCDs (not up on monitors, there are probably better) This is pretty easy, because unless you're into development (and thus would want Quadros or FireGLs over the GTXs) there are clear winners in performance right now. The only thing that would be faster is to put Raptors in the RAID 5, but I'd prefer more space in this case.
Can you make a phone call on your PS3?
I may be wrong, but the major selling point of the 965 DS3 line is that it has solid state caps. The cheaper S3 line does not but is otherwise identical. These boards have been out for over 6 months. It may be new that they're introducing them to the 945 chipset line, but who's buying 945 anyway?
And I'd wager that you're not a musician. Do a little more research into how a studio works. Also 90% of being a musician isn't simply recording, it's touring, that's where the real money is. If you can sell a million albums at 18 bucks a piece that's 18 million gross sales. If you can sell a million concert tickets at 25-100 dollars a piece, that's a hell of a lot more. And you can tour a ton more than you can write new material and record it