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On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 10:04 +0000, Lawrence Upton wrote: > There are other routes - says the man in a music dept And, oh dear... what have I done this time! (What media artists suffer) There is... Linux and build it for an ATX tower. Last time I did this with an AMD Sempron 2800 (wow, 64 bit) I said next time I'll get a Mac. However, the old Sempron system seems to be approaching landfill time even if I no longer need do strange things to get 64 bit Linux to work. So, I can build a quad core system including high end software for $1000 to $1200 AUD. At the cost of a Mac and software this is very cheap... CPU: AMD PHENOM II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition CPU 3.2GHz (125W), 8MB Cache, Socket AM3 for DDR3, Socket AM2+ for DDR2-1066, Socket AM2 for DDR2-800 *(Check Motherboard Manufacturer's CPU Support List) $165 MAIN BOARD: (NB revise to fit cpu memory etc etc) Gigabyte GA-880G-UD3H, AMD 880G+SB710/AM3/ATX $118 MEMORY: 8GB Kit(2x4GB) Corsair [CMX8GX3M2A2000C9], DDR3/2000MHz/CL9 Corsair high performance XMS3 8GB kit (2x4GB) 2000MHz 9-10-9-27 1.65V for AMD and Intel Core i7, i5 and i3 Dual Channel processors and motherboards. Key Features: * 8GB kit (2x4GB) for Dual Channel DDR3 for AMD and Intel Core i3/i5 and i7 processors; * Speed 2000MHz; * 9-10-9-27 latency XMS Heat Spreader $211 VIDEO: Gigabyte GTS 450 1GB DDR5 128-bit, [GV-N450-1GI], PCI-E 2.0 $162.00 MONITOR: (Optional... already have a 19" LED) 18.5" wide Acer LED G195HQLBD, [ET.XG5HA.008], 5MS $141.00 SOUND: (built into mainboard; 5.1 Surround.) HARD DISKS: 500GB Hitachi CinemaStar 7K1000.C 7200rpm HDD - A/V Optimised, 1.2million MTBF, 24x7 Availability, SATA II 3.0Gbs, 8MB Cache $60 Have already: 80GB IDE DVD WRITING THING: Sony DVD-RW 24x Sata [AD-7240S-0B] $35.00 POWER: 750W Antec 'EarthWatts' ATX Power Supply $147 NEW KEYBOARD: LOGITECH K200 MEDIA KEYBOARD (or whatever) $21 TABLET: G-Pen 9"x6" M609X multimedia tablet with light touch pen, cordless touch pen, Mac Compatible, 4000 LPI, 4D scrolling $145 OR: Genius 12"x7" G-Pen M712X professional & multimedia tablet, USB, 4000 LPI, 1024-level pressure, Mac compatible, 34 fast shortcut keys $199 (Wacom way out of price range) CASE: ATX TOWER Have already -- have chronic fatigue syndrome so may be delayed in reply or brain fog weird just to let you know that's all, Chris Jones. Blog: http://abdevpoetics.blogspot.com/