Building my own Music Composition PC

Hi,

I wish to build a new PC for composition and audio processing. I plan
on installing WinXP and Linux(DeMuDi) on this machine. The following
is a list of the items I have chosen for it so far and I'm hoping you
can offer me advice regarding my choices. I plan on running the
machine with only one fan - the PSU fan, but I will also buy 2 fans,
one for the case and one for the ninja - if needed. I've also chosen
items which I hope will keep my system quiet. What do you think of the
choices I have made?

Also, what about the idea of have more the one Harddrive? Besides
backing up data, what are the advantages? I read the following on a
forum but i don't really understand it-

"You want to really dedicate hard drives to one purpose, your system
drive will deal with the OS and the apps, another can then deal with
recording and playback of audio. Due to the way that the data is
needed this increase speed/track count. ideally I would go for 1
system drive (80gb) 1 audio drive (160gb) 2 sample drives in a raid 0
(2x160gb)."

Can anyone advice me on this issue, but for I set about ordering what
I need?

Tack very much for your help,

/Barry

Motherboard heatsink:
*** Scythe SCNJ-1000 Ninja heatsink
http://www.komplett.se/k/cart.asp



Motherboard:
** MSI P965 Platinum Motherboard
http://www.inwarehouse.se/Product.a...=1120565



Processor:
** Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 4MB, BOXED m/fläkt
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=322633



Computer Case:
** Antec SOLO Mid Tower / ATX / MicroATX / Black / Silver
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku...13-74A15260DF1C



Harddrive:
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA II 16MB
http://www.inwarehouse.se/Product.a...ferId=145



Graphics Card:
** Albatron/Asus GF7300GT 256M PCI-E HDTV DVI
http://www.inwarehouse.se/Product.a...=1178771



PSU:
** Seasonic S12 Nätaggregat 430W, 120mm fläkt, 4xSATA, ATX/EPS, PCI-E,
20/24pin
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=323013



Harddrive:
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA II 16MB
http://www.inwarehouse.se/Product.a...ferId=145



RAM:
Kingston DDR2 HyperX PC6400 2048MB CL4, Kit w/two matched HyperX
1024MB LL
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=322261


Fan (x2):
Nexus 120mm Real Silent, Fläkt, Svart & Vit, 22,8 dB(A), 36,87 CFM, 3
kablar
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=316478

On 27 Apr 2007 15:06:09 -0700, bg_ie@yahoo.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I wish to build a new PC for composition and audio processing. I plan
>on installing WinXP and Linux(DeMuDi) on this machine. The following
>is a list of the items I have chosen for it so far and I'm hoping you
>can offer me advice regarding my choices. I plan on running the
>machine with only one fan - the PSU fan, but I will also buy 2 fans,
>one for the case and one for the ninja - if needed. I've also chosen
>items which I hope will keep my system quiet. What do you think of the
>choices I have made?
>
>Also, what about the idea of have more the one Harddrive? Besides
>backing up data, what are the advantages? I read the following on a
>forum but i don't really understand it-
>
>"You want to really dedicate hard drives to one purpose, your system
>drive will deal with the OS and the apps, another can then deal with
>recording and playback of audio. Due to the way that the data is
>needed this increase speed/track count. ideally I would go for 1
>system drive (80gb) 1 audio drive (160gb) 2 sample drives in a raid 0
>(2x160gb)."


If you want performance then you can configure two identical drives in
RAID-0. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID0#RAID_0.

For better data integrity use RAID 1:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID0#RAID_1.

M