| Re: Attempt/Issues reviving PARIS system...Many questions...Help please! [message #109043 is a reply to message #109042] |
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| senseart wrote on Sat, 02 January 2016 17:15 | Hi Kerry... The MB is an ASUS M2N68-AM PLUS. The processor as mentioned is an AMD and it is believed to be an early quad-core, maybe 2.8Ghz.
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I'm on an older M2N series too, with just a dual Athlon, and it's solid as a rock. You have ample resources with that board - 2 PCI slots for PARIS, 4x SATA for extra drive expansion down the road (btw, removable drive bays like these are peanuts and make drive swapping a breeze); USB 2.0, which is fine for most devices and file transfer - yeah, that should be a great board for PARIS all around, and since PARIS handles most of the audio tasks a quad core with 4 gig RAM should have plugin headroom for days. It'll fly compared to the old rigs we used to use. You can save a ton of money by buying smallish SATA drives for the $20-30 they're worth. Keep it reserved for PARIS and little else and you should be golden - it should run like hardware.
The only things I'd say are really important to take care of, based on things we've learned over the years, are:
1) Make sure you have a good power supply, PARIS really doesn't like to be hungry. 500w should be ample. If the one you have is much smaller, it might be fine but if things start misbehaving consider replacing it with a good reputable 500w PSU.
2) Make sure you keep it nice and cool inside. EDS cards don't like to get hot, they start misbehaving in small or large ways. An extra silent internal fan or two can be had for a couple of dollars and will save you untold grief in a heat wave.
| senseart wrote on Sat, 02 January 2016 17:15 | Side note: I'm not able to log into this forum with Chrome...is that a known issue (thought I read something) or is it me?
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Known issue, I'm afraid, although I don't think it's consistently Chrome - for some people it's other browsers. This is an old install of the forum software, I have to get around to updating but it requires an amount of down time that I just haven't had for a while. Sorry for the hassle!
"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon
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