my awesome new gaming/development/prosound rig

including parts I'm bringing from this pc: (pro sound stuff, monitor,1 hd):

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16(SAPPHIRE)

8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)(G.SKILL)

25.5" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor(ASUS)

2 TB (2 x 1TB) 7200 rpm hard drives

emu1820m soundcard:

<img src="http://www.onetonnemusic.com/mt-static/archives/E_MU_1820M.jpg">

this case:

<img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1013446/case.PNG">

<img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1013446/case2.PNG">

Not enough dials and switches. You need more dials and switches if you want to go pro sound.

well I also have this:

(radium49):

<img src="http://www.dancetech.com/aa_dt_new/hardware/IMAGES/maudio_Radium49_main.jpg">

Why AMD why not intel's i7? would be faster

cuz the cheapest core i7 is $100 more, and the cheapest core i7 motherboard is $150 more.

this is the very fastest amd processor. it'll be plenty fast I'm sure

coolz my PC doubles as a studio pc too

My brother has the Emu 1820m, it's a great piece of kit, good enough to output to a high end hifi. I prefer USB equivalents so I can take it with my laptop too.

So how's the behemoth doing, lucid? Having fun with it?

Yay someone finally built a system to rival/beat mine

Gratz man, let me know how the 5870 goes... I've been thinking more and more about grabbing one.

~Sol