Whats the best pc system?

[ChrisPointon 0]

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Now if I could find somewhere to get hold of a reasonable priced rack-mount case & 2U flight case’s

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/images/products/7297.jpg

 

Here You Go:-

 

£125.00 - Click Me!

[DJ Marky Marc 0]

THe point maid is not the size of the board but the hight of the case,

 

there is no way you will get a retail box Intel or AMD cooler into a 2U case !

 

And if you do your asking for touble !

 

also if you want to plug a full size PCI card in to a PCI slot you will need a riser card,

 

there are timing issuse's with some riser cards, so it may affect sound or midi information.

 

yes ATX board will fit 1 2 3 4 U chassis i even have Extended ATX boards here that will fit any of those sizes.

[DDK 0]

I got a brand new 4U 19" Rackmount PC case from eBay. It's brand new and the seller had loads. They were without PSU (which is probably better as you can choose your own). The seller was Answer GCI (eBay user: agci) and they were on a buy-it-now for £47 +£15 next day courier delivery.

 

The only down size is they weigh 15Kg - but loads of room for cooling - they came with a case fan and removeable (washable) filter.

 

I'd rather have this though, I watched a DJ at a gig last July wafting his laptop with a paper plate to keep it cool http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/nono.gif (not very professional)

[littleimp1 0]

I use a P2.8 shuttle system running a waveterminal 192l card.

I'm running pcdjfx on it with no problems(since the upgrade).

I also use a powered USB hub as recommended to run a keyboard, radio mouse & dac-2 controller off it.

 

I like it, it's easy to carry around in a shuttle bag, easy to accomodate into the rig and has been running fine since xmas.

 

I bought it off ebay for £380, including processor, 512mb mem, 120g hd.

I then added the waveterminal @ £120

 

 

 

[Digital discos 0]

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Chris Pointon- Shuttle style PC are more suited to this type of work, since they are easier and cheaper to provide flightcasing for, whilst still maintaining a full pc status

 

Sorry to bring up and old post, but I really can't see how you can find any cheap method of flightcasing a shuttle with a mixer. keyboard mouse tft all in one LET ALONE with only a tft and keyboard.

 

I have a shuttle pc at the moment which I'm running ots from but after hours of research the only way I would be able to flightcase it was to get a custom made case which came in about £400 which I would definately not call cheap.

 

If you could shed some light on how to cheaply flightcase one it would be muchly appreciated.

[ChrisPointon 0]

Actually if you actually take the time to read my posts you'll see that I have recommended that you persue getting a Laptop rather than a PC on several occasions. For instance go back and read This Thread

 

For me, converting from CD to Laptop was done mainly to cut down on the time required to search for a track through several boxes of CD's, but it was also done to stop having to carry around those boxes of CD's which actually took three or four trips to and from the Van. Less to carry around means faster to set up and faster to get home.

 

Whilst I can accept that some people prefer to have a full size or shuttle pc, I really can't see the point in replacing boxes of CD's with Flightcases full of computer equipment, when a small laptop will do the same Job. I can't stress that enough, everybody is entitled to an opinion, but at no time have I said that a shuttle is preferable to a Laptop, I only said that it was preferable to a full size PC (Tower Case).

 

If you also take the time to read the other posts on this subject, you'll also find that I have pointed out the flightcasing cost to you on about 3 posts http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif . I actually did clearly state that the flightcasing can cost you more than the PC.

 

Quote:- 6th August:- This Thread

 

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There are custom cases which can be made for this sort of thing, but they cost a lot of money - often more expensive than the actual PC which is being flightcased.

 

Do you actually read any of the posts you start? http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/bash.gif

 

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If you could shed some light on how to cheaply flightcase one it would be muchly appreciated.

 

Again, PLEASE READ THE THREAD ABOVE.... *SIGH*

 

My suggestion for cheap flightcasing as posted previously

 

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The only cheap(er) way really is to brush up your woodwork skills and make something yourself.

 

Also...

 

Build your own Rack Mount PC in a 4U Rack PC Case

 

Buy a 4U 19" Amplifier Sleeve for £80

 

Problem solved.

 

But, you asked for my advice, and here it is.....At the end of the day, If I was you I would certainly be saving up and buying a Laptop. In the meantime please take the trouble to read the threads that you start, since 90% of the questions you have just asked were already answered when you posted them before.

[Digital discos 0]

I do apoligise I have read your posts but It is sometimes hard to take everything in when people are saying different things. Next time I will go back and read previous topics before asking stupid questions! DOH!

 

I'm in the process of selling the shuttle as a laptop would be more portable/easier to case as you say.

 

As I have read in your other post you said laptops etc are designed to run for 8-9 hours for companies etc but why is it a lot of people come out with phrases such as they're not reliable, mine has overheating problems, won't cope in a hot environment? You said this was generally from the view of someone who hasn't had experience with one or/and is a pre meditated idea installed in to there heads by other people (or something to that effect) but why do some people (in this century) have problems with overheating and stability? Is this because they are doing something wrong? Or is it the type of laptop they buy?

Edited August 25, 2004 by Digital discos

[Hugmaster 0]

Hi

 

markie, in answer to your question regarding how can you listen to audio that's been compressed so much.. We're not talking listening in the comfort of yourhome, we're talking dancing in a room with lots and lots of ambient sound. If you convert at a high enough speed, I really doubt anyone would notice the difference. I don't even notice the difference when listening on my pc.

 

Darren

[pareshj 0]

Hello Digital Discos

 

just my 2pence worth.. I use a laptop, it's an ACER travelmate machine

http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Acer_TravelMa...20443225-2.html

 

Its a decent laptop and only runs 2 aplications. A Dj application which "has" to be rock solid and my DJ Application - actually here is a screenshot of it http://www.djspacebar.com/Site_Popups/dj_a...application.htm

 

It has Windows XP pro on it and all it's latest patches and drivers and it has an external USB soundcard with it's drivers - That is all and it's rock solid, i don;t use it for anything but my music so forget about microsoft office and all that. I only connect it to my internal network when I need to update music on it and I always ensure that the latest virus signatures are always installed.

 

Laptops can run all day and night as long long as you are plugged into AC power and the notion of laptops being unreliable is not correct. All laptops will generally get hot anyway but these overheating problems (never experienced this personally) can be overcome by laptop coolers such as http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/Laptop...op_Cooling.html which is not bad around 35 squids.

 

 

 

[Digital discos 0]

so you have never had problems with overheating etc?

[pareshj 0]

nope, never

[maccasghost 0]

http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/042.gif i have been using a new acer laptop for the last two months, with an external sound card, also using an external 120 gb hard drive with no problems. (touchwood).would recomend to any one to go for a laptop. remember you only get what you pay for.cheap is not always best, http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/beer.gif just my 2p worth

[Digital discos 0]

Well music software eg ots and pcdj even traktor don't really need high specced machines, so a I'm sure a cheap low spec machine eg 700mhz, 192mb ram, etc would be fine surely?? You don't need an all singing dancing pc for music software.

 

DJ SPACEBAR- I take it you madea makro to change the second part of the traktor screen?

Edited August 26, 2004 by Digital discos

[ChrisPointon 0]

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Well music software eg ots and pcdj even traktor don't really need high specced machines, so a I'm sure a cheap low spec machine eg 700mhz, 192mb ram, etc would be fine surely?? You don't need an all singing dancing pc for music software

 

No you don't. I use a 700mhz Laptop and Andy (Ads) uses a 500mhz Laptop and has done for over 2 years. Don't forget that when the first version of OTS was written, 400 and 500mhz laptops were top of the range http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif , and very little as changed with regard to the resources needed (at least with OTS).

 

 

[NineLives 0]

QUOTE (Digital discos @ Aug 26 2004, 12:39 PM)

Well music software eg ots and pcdj even traktor don't really need high specced machines, so a I'm sure a cheap low spec machine eg 700mhz, 192mb ram, etc would be fine surely?? You don't need an all singing dancing pc for music software. DJ SPACEBAR- I take it you madea makro to change the second part of the traktor screen?

I was using a P4 laptop, but found it was overpowered for the job of being confined to playing music , a waste of a good machine which I had better use for at home http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif

 

So I downgraded and bought a second hand P3 500Mghz , it has been doing just as good a job as the P4 was doing.

 

Only thing I done was upgraded its Hard drive to a 60 gig one, I also have an external hard drive which all the music is backed up to.

 

p.s http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif

 

The smaller hard drive that I replaced in the P3 is taken along as a back up, it has the operating system and a smaller music library, but would be enough to finish a disco if the 60gig hd failed one night.

 

it could be swapped over in less than a minute.

Edited August 26, 2004 by NineLives

[YourBigEvent 0]

Yep, I brought a P3 800mhz years ago (top of the range model then) and it was wasted on the disco, so I brought a second user P3 500 a couple of years back and it has worked hard for me since, the original laptop is still not used at all, only have it as backup now.