wow, unreal lol...well, dudes, how bout helping out an idiot who isnt as proficient. Heres the thing, just as you guys laid this out, at what point does it get sort of redudant shelling out more bucks for a system? meaning, if im tight on the cash, is it worth it just relenquishing the slightly better specs? this is for audio/daw work. which one should i pick. i afford all of them, but obviously the most expensive one, its really sucking my wallet dry.
example:
COmputer # 1
Quad-Core: Tower, Asus P5W64, QX6700 2.66Ghz, CNPS 9500,
Kingston DDR2-800 KVR800D2N5/1G X2
DDR2800-1024X22GB DDR2-800, XFX 7300GT,
16X DVDRW-CDRW, 80G HD, XP-Pro
gigabit lan
Price $2300
computer # 2
MOBO/CHIPSET: ASUS, P5W DH Deluxe, LGA775, Intel 975X, DDR2-800 8GB/4, PCIe x16, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 10, HD Audio, 2x GbLAN + WLAN, FW, ATX, Retail
PROCESSOR: INTEL, Core 2 Duo E6700 Dual-Core, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65nm, 65W, EM64T EIST VT, Retail
COOLING: ZALMAN, CNPS7000B-AlCuLED Copper-Aluminum CPU Cooler, Blue LED
RAM: CORSAIR, 4GB (4 x 1GB) XMS2 DDR2 Pro PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz CL5 (5-5-5-12) SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC, Platinum
price: about $2300-2400
Computer # 3
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- Dual Core (2x4MB L2 Cache)
- 2.0GB Dual Chan. DDR2 RAM
- Genuine Intel 965 Chipset
- 500GB SATA II 16MB (RAID 0)
- DVD Dual Layer w/ Lightscribe
- Nvidia 6200 PCI-E w/ DVI
- Gigabit Ethernet + S/PDIF Out
- Windows XP Home Edition
price: $1600
Computer # 4
HP M7690N
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6400 1066mhz FSB
Watch HD DVDs/burn DVDs
Dual 250GB hard drives • Watch and record TV
2048MB of DDR2 SDRAM (could add 2 more gig)
price: about $1600
Computer #5
Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Dual Athlon 64 Cores Clocked at 2.6GHz
_._Frequency / Cache Sizes: 2.6GHz w/ 512KB L2 cache-per-core (1MB total L2 per processor)
_._L1 Cache Sizes: 64K - L1 instruction + 64K - L1 data cache per core (256KB total L1)
_._Memory Controller: Shared integrated 128-bit wide memory controller
RAM: 2gig DDR2
price: $899
example:
COmputer # 1
Quad-Core: Tower, Asus P5W64, QX6700 2.66Ghz, CNPS 9500,
Kingston DDR2-800 KVR800D2N5/1G X2
DDR2800-1024X22GB DDR2-800, XFX 7300GT,
16X DVDRW-CDRW, 80G HD, XP-Pro
gigabit lan
Price $2300
computer # 2
MOBO/CHIPSET: ASUS, P5W DH Deluxe, LGA775, Intel 975X, DDR2-800 8GB/4, PCIe x16, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 10, HD Audio, 2x GbLAN + WLAN, FW, ATX, Retail
PROCESSOR: INTEL, Core 2 Duo E6700 Dual-Core, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65nm, 65W, EM64T EIST VT, Retail
COOLING: ZALMAN, CNPS7000B-AlCuLED Copper-Aluminum CPU Cooler, Blue LED
RAM: CORSAIR, 4GB (4 x 1GB) XMS2 DDR2 Pro PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz CL5 (5-5-5-12) SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC, Platinum
price: about $2300-2400
Computer # 3
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- Dual Core (2x4MB L2 Cache)
- 2.0GB Dual Chan. DDR2 RAM
- Genuine Intel 965 Chipset
- 500GB SATA II 16MB (RAID 0)
- DVD Dual Layer w/ Lightscribe
- Nvidia 6200 PCI-E w/ DVI
- Gigabit Ethernet + S/PDIF Out
- Windows XP Home Edition
price: $1600
Computer # 4
HP M7690N
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6400 1066mhz FSB
Watch HD DVDs/burn DVDs
Dual 250GB hard drives • Watch and record TV
2048MB of DDR2 SDRAM (could add 2 more gig)
price: about $1600
Computer #5
Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Dual Athlon 64 Cores Clocked at 2.6GHz
_._Frequency / Cache Sizes: 2.6GHz w/ 512KB L2 cache-per-core (1MB total L2 per processor)
_._L1 Cache Sizes: 64K - L1 instruction + 64K - L1 data cache per core (256KB total L1)
_._Memory Controller: Shared integrated 128-bit wide memory controller
RAM: 2gig DDR2
price: $899