My pc is like brand new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
It's working super great now though. No this PC is for home use. It's not a laptop. Many years ago I did see a DJ use a PC to DJ with before laptops became the norm.
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So it's ok to pay too much for a 'super great' working machine? - even though you could have gotten a faster / better machine for the same price?

It does not matter that it is a desktop or a laptop (upgrading a laptop's motherboard / cpu is usually something you cannot do as features / component locations / configuration have changed).

In addition, both AMD and Intel are good - once again, it comes down to Rule #1.
 
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Mix never takes advice so I'm telling this story for the benefit of others that might follow in his footsteps....

I started using a PC to DJ with just before Windows 2000 was released I had a copy early (I'll say no more except I did buy it when it was released ;) ). I was using a desktop to DJ with because that's what I had. I used desktop until 2007 when I bought my first laptop.

When I started laptops were very expensive and I felt out of my range at the time but if I had bought one I literally would have saved thousands. Desktops are not meant to be traveling around they are meant to be sitting at a desk. They also aren't meant to be hooked and unhooked on a regular basis it causes extreme wear and tear. I was replacing or repairing every 6-8 months. I was lucky I only had one breakdown at a gig and I did have CD backup at the time

With the low cost nowadays if you are serious buy a laptop with a decent external soundcard don't try dragging the desktop around
 
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steve149 said:
A month and a half ago I picked up a Lenovo tower at Costco on sale .. i5, 12Gb RAM, 2Tb HD for $499. Next time shop around .. these days, $350 is usually too much to spend on fixing a PC.
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Mine has 20 gigs of ram. So mine beats yours and mine cost me less. Also he fixed it for me as a favor to me helping him out all the time. Trust me it was worth it.

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Jeff Romard said:
Mix never takes advice so I'm telling this story for the benefit of others that might follow in his footsteps....

I started using a PC to DJ with just before Windows 2000 was released I had a copy early (I'll say no more except I did buy it when it was released ;) ). I was using a desktop to DJ with because that's what I had. I used desktop until 2007 when I bought my first laptop.

When I started laptops were very expensive and I felt out of my range at the time but if I had bought one I literally would have saved thousands. Desktops are not meant to be traveling around they are meant to be sitting at a desk. They also aren't meant to be hooked and unhooked on a regular basis it causes extreme wear and tear. I was replacing or repairing every 6-8 months. I was lucky I only had one breakdown at a gig and I did have CD backup at the time

With the low cost nowadays if you are serious buy a laptop with a decent external soundcard don't try dragging the desktop around
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I use a laptop to DJ with and the desktop stays at home. I've never used a desktop to DJ with. I just mentioned I saw a guy using one a long time ago before it became popular to use a laptop. What you're talking about is inn the beginning when DJ's first started using computers to DJ with. The software wasn't as good as it is now and nobody had figured out yet how to use a laptop to DJ with.
 
MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
Mine has 20 gigs of ram. So mine beats yours and mine cost me less. Also he fixed it for me as a favor to me helping him out all the time. Trust me it was worth it.
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20 Gigs of RAM? How do you figure? Worth it means very little when you look at what you could have had for that value. RAM is cheap - and size alone means nothing.

MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
He picked out a i3 processor, 16 gigs of ram, the power supply and a Intel motherboard.
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Must be the new math
 
MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
Mine has 20 gigs of ram. So mine beats yours and mine cost me less. Also he fixed it for me as a favor to me helping him out all the time. Trust me it was worth it.
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20 Gig sounds great up front, but the odds are your software was built on a 32 bit platform. That means you're' basically limited to 4GB. although that translates to about 3 in real world use if you know what yer doing -- probably about 2 GB if you have no clue what yer doing.

Waste of money in most cases.
 
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Your original post said you had 16 gig of memory. Unless you are using 64bit windows you can't use more then 4 gig. I doubt you have 64bit since the pc you had would have only had come wth 32bit software and I am sure you didn't buy a new copy. You again just cannot admit a mistake in spending $350 on a old computer to add some new things. Spend 100 more and you would have had a streamline box with the right operating system and all the new ports you need.
 
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Dj Jimmy D said:
Your original post said you had 16 gig of memory. Unless you are using 64bit windows you can't use more then 4 gig. I doubt you have 64bit since the pc you had would have only had come wth 32bit software and I am sure you didn't buy a new copy. You again just cannot admit a mistake in spending $350 on a old computer to add some new things. Spend 100 more and you would have had a streamline box with the right operating system and all the new ports you need.
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No this computer isn't that old. It's no more then 2 years old if that. It's 64 bits.
 
MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
No this computer isn't that old. It's no more then 2 years old if that. It's 64 bits.
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Plenty of computers 2 years ago were sold with 32-bit software. It's very possible that the original CPU was not capable of running 64 bit windows.

$350 does sound like a lot to refurb a few year old computer, unless the computer was very high end to start with.

Tiger direct is selling an new i3 tower for $399. Not 16g, ..i mean 20g of Ram, but if that's the only advantage, as mentioned, it's a cheap fix
 
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Scott Hanna said:
Plenty of computers 2 years ago were sold with 32-bit software. It's very possible that the original CPU was not capable of running 64 bit windows.
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Certain people should not be using computers -- they should go back to vinyl (see Mix).

The major issue here, is it doesn't matter whether you are using a 32 bit, or 64 bit version of Window.

If your software was complied on 32 bit (which most is for backward compatibility), you gain nothing from running on a 64 bit system, other than Windows itself runs a bit faster, and has a bit more overhead.
 
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SoftJock Rick said:
Certain people should not be using computers -- they should go back to vinyl (see Mix).

The major issue here, is it doesn't matter whether you are using a 32 bit, or 64 bit version of Window.

If your software was complied on 32 bit (which most is for backward compatibility), you gain nothing from running on a 64 bit system, other than Windows itself runs a bit faster, and has a bit more overhead.
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Reminds me of all the years visiting the auto parts store and the high school kid recommending mods to my monsters (From Dodge to Ford) there are so many lines I heard I still laugh my butt off remembering.
 
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DJ SVO said:
Reminds me of all the years visiting the auto parts store and the high school kid recommending mods to my monsters (From Dodge to Ford) there are so many lines I heard I still laugh my butt off remembering.
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SVO...you didn't spring for at least 1 flux capacitor? ;)
 
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TheOlogee said:
SVO...you didn't spring for at least 1 flux capacitor? ;)
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I already had it :D

One told me I needed a cam on my Cobra, I said just 1 ($ Cam 32 valve engine) and you could hear the blower whining
and the rrapata rrapata of the race cams spitting out the exhaust.

Another time another kid said I needed a high flow air filter for my Dodge, my response Oh really, popped the hood and you should've seen his eyes when he saw the blown $$= with a BDS 14-71 blower and the twin big ass Holleys on top with twin high flow filters that barely cleared the scoop. He never suggested anything in the future :D
 
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SoftJock Rick said:
Certain people should not be using computers -- they should go back to vinyl (see Mix).

The major issue here, is it doesn't matter whether you are using a 32 bit, or 64 bit version of Window.

If your software was compiled on / for 32 bit (which most is for backward compatibility), you gain nothing from running on a 64 bit system, other than Windows itself runs a bit faster, and has a bit more overhead.
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fixed that fer ya
 
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