The "Ultimate" GigaStudio computer....?

Martin Hughes · 26th January 2004

Hi guys,

OK, what is your ultimate GigaStudio computer? Assuming NOTHING else was to be run on the system:

Processor (what and how many?)
RAM (how much?)
HD type (IDE/SCSI/Others....?)
Etc.....

Thanks,

Martin

clipgod · 26th January 2004

CPU : Athlon 1800
HD : 3 x IDE 120GB
RAM : 3 x 512 MB DDR the best quality you can get

For a Giga PC the CPU and the HD is not that important.
The quality of the motherboard and especially the RAM is essential for a staple Gigastudio.

I am getting full 160 voices out of the above system and I am totally satisfied how stable it is.

MickeyBee · 26th January 2004

Depending on your OS you have to make some tweaks
to get giga to use more ram and load instruments faster.
Like clipgod wrote giga runs on a modest PC but i had an experience with a very snappy and tight gigapc using fast scsi-drives, low latency ram and a cpu that had no problems running
giga with the fastets settings possible.

I know a scsi-solution can be hilarious expensive..but you wrote "ultimate"

e-cue · 26th January 2004

There's a company in Santa Monica called Coyotte R&D that makes a unit called the "Musican". I tried in vain to make it crash, hiccup, latent, freeze, etc. Awesome unit...

steveH · 27th January 2004

Regarding the HD, just make sure it has at least 9ms seek time.

And it has been said many a time that SCSI is overkill for Giga. I used to use a Lacie Dual Ultra Wide SCSI, 10,000rpm drive with 4-5ms seek time. Worked great! Costed $500 for 18GB, though. Oh, yeah, fans were noisy as heck and hence stopped using it.

you can find loads of configs at northernsounds dot com.

And coyote mentioned above is run by a guy usernamed killerbobjr who hangs at northernsounds and is tops in my book. Very helpful, very knowledgeable.

CV7 · 27th January 2004

I'm running Giga on a P4 system with SATA drives and it smokes. For Giga 3 I would stick with Intel Pentium HT's with Intel chipsets and Serial ATA drives with a couple gigs of Ram for max. stability.

Medicine Dog · 27th January 2004

Our Giga computer is a P4 2.53 with a gig of RAM. WinXP and Giga 2.5 are on one HD and all our samples are on a separate HD (ATAs, 7200 rpm, etc.). RME 96/52 sound card. Real stable, real solid. It's one of the few pieces of gear we don't have to worry about!

cdog · 29th January 2004

SCSI is obsolete - new SATA's with 8MB cache smoke! Especially if you put a pair in a RAID array and use it as one big disk.

Listen to CV7

26th January 2004	#1
Martin Hughes Gear Head Joined: Oct 2003 Location: London, UK and Uzes, France Posts: 55 Thread Starter	The "Ultimate" GigaStudio computer....? Hi guys, OK, what is your ultimate GigaStudio computer? Assuming NOTHING else was to be run on the system: Processor (what and how many?) RAM (how much?) HD type (IDE/SCSI/Others....?) Etc..... Thanks, Martin

27th January 2004	#7
Medicine Dog Gear Head Joined: Dec 2003 Location: The Pleades Posts: 34	Our Giga computer is a P4 2.53 with a gig of RAM. WinXP and Giga 2.5 are on one HD and all our samples are on a separate HD (ATAs, 7200 rpm, etc.). RME 96/52 sound card. Real stable, real solid. It's one of the few pieces of gear we don't have to worry about! __________________ -MD

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26th January 2004	#2
clipgod Gear nut Joined: Oct 2002 Location: Berlin Posts: 134	CPU : Athlon 1800 HD : 3 x IDE 120GB RAM : 3 x 512 MB DDR the best quality you can get For a Giga PC the CPU and the HD is not that important. The quality of the motherboard and especially the RAM is essential for a staple Gigastudio. I am getting full 160 voices out of the above system and I am totally satisfied how stable it is.

26th January 2004	#3
MickeyBee Gear Head Joined: Aug 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 73	Depending on your OS you have to make some tweaks to get giga to use more ram and load instruments faster. Like clipgod wrote giga runs on a modest PC but i had an experience with a very snappy and tight gigapc using fast scsi-drives, low latency ram and a cpu that had no problems running giga with the fastets settings possible. I know a scsi-solution can be hilarious expensive..but you wrote "ultimate"

26th January 2004	#4
e-cue Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 4,069	There's a company in Santa Monica called Coyotte R&D that makes a unit called the "Musican". I tried in vain to make it crash, hiccup, latent, freeze, etc. Awesome unit...

27th January 2004	#5
steveH Gear nut Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 147	Regarding the HD, just make sure it has at least 9ms seek time. And it has been said many a time that SCSI is overkill for Giga. I used to use a Lacie Dual Ultra Wide SCSI, 10,000rpm drive with 4-5ms seek time. Worked great! Costed $500 for 18GB, though. Oh, yeah, fans were noisy as heck and hence stopped using it. you can find loads of configs at northernsounds dot com. And coyote mentioned above is run by a guy usernamed killerbobjr who hangs at northernsounds and is tops in my book. Very helpful, very knowledgeable.

27th January 2004	#6
CV7 Gear maniac Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Los Angeles, Ca. Posts: 213	I'm running Giga on a P4 system with SATA drives and it smokes. For Giga 3 I would stick with Intel Pentium HT's with Intel chipsets and Serial ATA drives with a couple gigs of Ram for max. stability.

29th January 2004	#8
cdog Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,559 3 Reviews written	SCSI is obsolete - new SATA's with 8MB cache smoke! Especially if you put a pair in a RAID array and use it as one big disk. Listen to CV7