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Hi all,
Long time no postage.
As a Mac user, I'd pretty much given up on the Scope platform.
BUT - I can't stands it no more and wish to start using it again - this time in a PC - as I'm thinking it's probably the easiest way.
I know nothing about PC, IRQ, Windows Mobo voodoo.
Just wondering if some kind chappy would point me in the right direction as to what sort of PC I should get - just to get me up and running.
All I'll have in it is a the Scope Project (Pulsar II) and a GB nic.

Any help appreciated.

Intel P35 Chipset / Intel E8000 series CPU's w/ E0 stepping. 2 x 2GB's of DDRII 800.

Many of us have these choices in one flavor or another. Many w/ success and more than happy to help.

Wellcome back,

Check out the tech talk thread where we post our results, but Jimmy synthesized the matter pretty well!
MB: Intel DP35DP or DFI Lan Party or Supermicro C2SBE are reported working well.

cheers

If you are still using your mac for sequencing then dont go crazy on the CPU. a core2 8300 or 8400 will run VERY cool and need minimal fan noise to cool it. when only scope is running the CPU is hardly stressed at all.

see my sig.
Maybe consider having someone like GaryB put a machine together for you?

Greg

You have been gone a while Brett!

I picked up a Gigabyte P35 DS3 motherboard, E4400 Intel Core2 Duo, 4 Gig ram and 80gig sata HD for about $200 AUS about 8 months back at the local computer markets in Canberra. Although the system wasn't intended to run the scope cards I did try it out for awhile and scope installed flawlessly and ran perfectly with no problems if that's any help.

Just moved to Murrumbateman but I work in civic and I'd be happy to drop in on the way home sometime and help out if you want.

Cheers.

Great - thanks very much everyone.
I'm still tossing up if I will go dedicated PC or opt for an osx86 dual boot build (FrankenMac / Hackintosh).
So . . for the latter , , I'll have to sort out if the hardware is compatible with OSX
but I digress -
thanks again

Ok - well this is what I have come up with.
Does this sound like it will work ok with a Scope Project (Pulasr II) card?
The main guts would be:

MB: INTEL DP35 DP
CPU: Core 2 QUAD Q6600
GPU: Geforce 8800GT PCI Express
RAM DDR2 2GB x2

Thanks
I'll figure out the enclosure, drives and PSU later on

That system should be fine for scope. I wouldn't expect there to be any problems with it.

Great - thanks for your reply Stuart.
Building a PC is going to be very interesting.

be sure to get ram that is 1.8 volt, that motherboard requires it!!

Hi,
just wanted to pop back in and say thanks to you helpful bunch.
Just finished building the new PC.
Went with an ASUS P5K-E Wifi/AP Motherboard and a 2.4 core 2 Quad - nice !
Scope is running perfectly well - not a hitch in getting it up and running.
Which is just as well because I would be tormenting you all with newbie questions.
Anyway,
thanks again
regards
Brett

AudioIrony wrote:Hi,
just wanted to pop back in and say thanks to you helpful bunch.
Just finished building the new PC.
Went with an ASUS P5K-E Wifi/AP Motherboard and a 2.4 core 2 Quad - nice !
Scope is running perfectly well - not a hitch in getting it up and running.
Which is just as well because I would be tormenting you all with newbie questions.
Anyway,
thanks again
regards
Brett

I am currently going through the same process. I need to build a rackmount machine (PC) to hold three creamware cards.

For live performance I'm going to use remote desktop (or VNC) from a laptop over wireless and leave the PC in the rack.

oops spoke too soon - had one hitch with ASIO2 and XTC mode with Cubase SX3.
But I think it will be sorted - disabling XTC mode anyway

AudioIrony wrote:disabling XTC mode

You have the con.



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