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Yellow Warrior
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Posted : Apr 8, 2004 19:09
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Hello Everyone,
A friend of mine is helping me build my own comp. I've been told its cheaper to build a comp these days than buy a new one.
Anyway, for the purposes of making music alone(i'm still a novice! I'm currently using the FL studio producer edition) what kind of things should i be looking at buying?
i mean things like motherboard, processor, VDU, RAM, hard drive, OS, Sound Card, Graphics card(have i missed anything? please add if so.) also i use the internet a lot. (Don't know if you had to know that, sorry!) 
Hope i'm not asking for too much. 
but Thank you all for your time and help.
Peace.
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fuzzikitten
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Posted : Apr 8, 2004 20:00
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Depends on your budget!
You should be able to build a hefty system for around $2000 (depending on how much you want to spend on the sound card). Do you have any outboard gear that you will need lots of inputs for? If not expect to spend around $200 on the card.
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DJ_Chorman
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Posted : Apr 9, 2004 10:13
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My BEST bEST bEsT advice to you is to spend on the motherboard............ don't fall into the trap and try save money (try save, but good will not cost nothing).... at the end of the day, what is connected to the motherboard? EVERYTHING
Get top of the line of the respectable brands......
ASUS is looking Good....
A stable system will last long..... a slow one wil.....(not)
As for video....... get a matrox G550 or something.... this is a DUAL HEAD video card and will allow you to connect two monitors to the computer, thus expanding your work space......
(making the two screens as if one) very usefull especially when working in virtual enviroment!
HOPE THIS HELPED
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gothmog
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Posted : Apr 9, 2004 19:12
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u can build an exellent computer for music for about 1200 dollars, if you buy an amd chip. i advise you to buy a motherboard with a sata option and two sata hard drives. you can buy an amd 2700 xp proccessor and all the adittional hardware at a low price. but remmember that amd chips are overclocked so you will need a quality cpu fan.
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djsid
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Posted : Apr 10, 2004 10:55
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well i recently assembled a pc for very cheap with all genuine parts its not that hifi but very cool at the price
for 24k rupees i managed to pull together at cpu cabinet with followings items
2.8 ghz pentium 4 processor
512 mb ddr ram
80 gigs hard drive
samsung cd writer
original intel motherboard with onboard soundcard and a crazy good graphics driver i can play 3d new games without a hitch
the soundcard is not at all pro im still deciding which sound card shud i get for this machine
combine this with stability of win xp
put cubase, reason
ure on!
i shopped for everything at lamington road.
bom bom!
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Yellow Warrior
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Posted : Apr 10, 2004 14:48
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Fuzzikitten, Dj_Chorman, Gothmog, Sid, thank you so much man! You guys have been very helpful.
can you please advice on which sound card i should buy?
Also, DJ Sid, congratulations on your new release man!!! Well Fuckin' done!!!
Rock on man!! 
Again, thank you guys for your all your help.
Peace out my friends... |
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Yellow Warrior
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Posted : Apr 10, 2004 14:54
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Very Very Sorry....another question-
Whats a better processor? The Pentiums, the AMDs or does it not make a difference? |
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EYB
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Posted : Apr 10, 2004 17:37
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AMD AMD AMD
Lot of people like more INTEL
But AMD is best choice
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gothmog
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Posted : Apr 10, 2004 19:13
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about the sound card i recommend rme , but for a cheaper yet quality option you can get delta series card ( m-audio) or any card of that class. it depends on how much money you want to spend on the card. the stronger your computer is the less important the card type is.
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medir
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Posted : Apr 11, 2004 13:43
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...it all depends on your budget ( especially about the soundcard...). tell it to us...we try to help.
gothmog: i don t understand what the speed of the cpu has to do with the soundcard...fast cpu just helps the soundcard to achieve lower latency, thats all...
bom bom
experiment !
make it your motto day and night.
experiment,
and it will lead you to the light.
the apple on the top of the tree
is never too high to achieve,
so take an example from eve...
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Yellow Warrior
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Posted : Apr 11, 2004 16:13
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I think i can spend about $1200 on the whole lot. The processor,motherboard, RAM, Hard drives, sound card blah blah blah blah....
don't know if can build myself a decent comp with that but thats as much as i can push my budget.
Is that enough?
Thank you very much for your help!
I really appreciate you guys taking the time to write man!! Thanks!!  |
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z1P^
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Posted : Apr 11, 2004 21:33
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the things that matter most when producing music with a pc is the sound card > the ammount of ram memory and the speed of the harddisk (depending of how many audiotracks you want to mix at a time).
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Mike A
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Posted : Apr 12, 2004 03:26
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zip, the first most important thing is cpu speed.
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z1P^
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Posted : Apr 13, 2004 09:11
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yeah mike thats completely true what i meant was that with a good soundcard with its own processors the cpu doenst receive so much traffic ;
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medir
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Posted : Apr 13, 2004 15:35
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for a good price-value, i suggest u this
-amd xp2800 120$
-graphix matrox g550 100$
-hd wd, 160 gb/8mb 110$
-mobo asus a7n8x 80$
-ram ddr 512mb/pc2700, 2x, 2x 120$ = 240$
-dvd-tray 40$
-cd-writer plextor prem. 70$
-case 100$
--> 860 $
-BOOM-card rme digi96/8 pad 340$
--> 1200 $
if there are questions why i suggest u this particular parts, feel free to ask...
bom bom
experiment !
make it your motto day and night.
experiment,
and it will lead you to the light.
the apple on the top of the tree
is never too high to achieve,
so take an example from eve...
experiment ! |
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