Return-Path: Received: from m1plsmtpa01-06.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.34] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4744145 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:40:04 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.101] ([173.247.4.230]) by m1plsmtpa01-06.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net with id MRii1j00H4xm87901Rijac; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:42:43 -0700 Subject: Re: [AE] OT: PC Buying for Mac Users References: From: Greg Balint Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-A75DB182-9E04-41DD-B968-CF0C5572942D X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A405) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <06D7D8E7-9DE5-48B1-B29D-76CDCC54E3EE@delrazor.com> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:43:11 -0400 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-A75DB182-9E04-41DD-B968-CF0C5572942D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Scott, The comparability I was referring to was along the lines of, SATA optical dr= ive for your SATA slot on the motherboard. Certain ram works better for cert= ain motherboards, that sort o thing. =20 The motherboard specs on any site you look them up should tell you which ram= to buy for it and also what SATA you can support. =20 This is why we're here. Ask questions and we'll help. If you see a barebone= s system you like, link to it and we can suggest the best hardware to go wit= h it for your budget.=20 We may need to start moving these discussions off list as there seems to be a= ton of hardware talk lately.=20 ////Greg Balint ///Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer delRAZOR.com/ On Jun 12, 2012, at 3:23 AM, "scott.aelist" wrote: > Ram, HDDs/ SSDs, video cards, network cards if needed, optical drives, etc= can all be pretty simple installations and you can save a lot just getting a= barebones system and installing compatible parts yourself. >=20 > I was totally gung-ho until i got to the word 'compatible.' How does one k= now if something is compatible? Should i just pick from the options availabl= e from the builder? This is the kind of thing that sends me scurrying back t= o the safety of a prebuilt system. --Apple-Mail-A75DB182-9E04-41DD-B968-CF0C5572942D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Scott,

The comparability I was referring to was along the lines of, SATA opti= cal drive for your SATA slot on the motherboard. Certain ram works better fo= r certain motherboards, that sort o thing.  

T= he motherboard specs on any site you look them up should tell you which ram t= o buy for it and also what SATA you can support.  

=
This is why we're here.  Ask questions and we'll help. If you see a= barebones system you like, link to it and we can suggest the best hardware t= o go with it for your budget. 

We may need to s= tart moving these discussions off list as there seems to be a ton of hardwar= e talk lately. 

////Greg Balint
///Art Director / Motion Gra= phics Designer

On Jun 12, 2012, at 3:23 AM, "scott.aelist" <scott.aelist@gmail.com> wrote:
Ram, HDDs/ SSDs, video cards, network cards= if needed, optical drives, etc can all be pretty simple installations and y= ou can save a lot just getting a barebones system and installing compatible p= arts yourself.

I was totally gung-ho until i got to the w= ord 'compatible.' How does one know if something is compatible? Should i jus= t pick from the options available from the builder? This is the kind of thin= g that sends me scurrying back to the safety of a prebuilt system.
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