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So, a new PC is needed - what to buy?
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Medea
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 01:52:39
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My Pc has tragically died today...
Some bad problems with motherboard.
It was:
Win XP
core 2 duo e6300 (1.8 GHz)
2 GB RAM
ASUS P5B MB
3 HDD's - one for system, one for data, one for all production stuff: samples, VST's, track project files etc...
I think i'm gonna get something new and would appreciate advices.
What is price/power/stability optimal currently for music production?
Which CPU? MB? Anything else? Which amount of RAM?
I remember several years ago it was normal practice to have separate HDD for music stuff - does it make sense today, or it's okay to have one 1+ TB HDD for everything, divided into two or three logical disks?
The budget is not that matter, but as far as i remeber, a good PC always costed around 1000$, no matter if it was Pentium-3 10 years ago or dont-know-what today 
Thanks for any kind of advices, i'm very behind the times in this technical area...
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Axis Mundi
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 04:06
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I guess the first question would be how much money do you have to spend?
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Upavas
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 09:33
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Medea
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 09:48
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Okay, i want spent 1000 $. The budget is flexible so if for 1500$ I can get some killa killa stuff it's ok. 2000$ is too much for PC i think... (btw, i already have a good case with PSU)
In fact, all i need is
CPU + RAM + MB + HDD
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Mike A
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 10:06
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Still get multipile HDs. Taking one and splitting it to logical drives is just a fancy way of making folders.
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Medea
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 10:39
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On 2010-08-27 10:06, Mike A wrote:
Still get multipile HDs. Taking one and splitting it to logical drives is just a fancy way of making folders.
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So, what exactly is that for? Performance, stability or anything else?
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Mike A
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 11:56
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both.
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Medea
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 12:54
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PoM
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 19:10
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check noctua fans and cpu cooling if you want it quiet
gigabyte boards are a lot used for daw, they have firewire ti chipset and have good bios it seems. |
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Mike A
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 20:38
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Unless you already have a firewire device which you already use, I would recommend against getting firewire. Compared to USB 2.0, it sucks. Simple as that.
I've had 2 different Firewire devices on 3 different pcs with 5 different operating systems, and there wasn't a single point in time where everything worked perfectly.
On the other hand, I have a bunch of USB gear and it never disappointed me.
Firewire was justified when there was only USB1.1 that only transferred like 2 channels at a time - but with USB2.0 and the wide support of excellent drivers for it, the protocol works perfectly out of the box. You have to battle with firewire to get it working ok, and even then it might surprise you.
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Ascension
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Posted : Aug 27, 2010 22:55
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For your budget, get something with an i7. Should have plenty of ram with whatever you can find (I'd assume most will have at least 8 gigs).
I dunno if you really need 2 different HDD's if you're getting one that's 7200rpm. 2 HDDs also means your computer is pulling in more power and thus getting hotter (someone who had multiple ones already I assume u know this  ). I can't say for sure if that'll be a noticeable disadvantage, but if you've got an i7 it'll be fast enough as it is.
For the sake of comparison:
I got a new gateway desktop about 3-4 months ago with an i5 and it's been able to run up to 45 channels in ableton of pretty much all midi without any lag. That's with 8 gigs of ram and 1, 1TB HDD @ 7200rpm and running a virus snow occasionally.
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mk47
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Posted : Aug 28, 2010 11:48
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8 gigs .. overkill ? win 7 64 bit ? .. still sounds a bity excessive , but niice
just stay away from intel motherboards at all cost , gigabyte have nice stable bios and easy flashing , iv had nightmarish experiences with intel mobos on multiple occations , for music production i think anything up from q9550 is good for running gazzilions of effects on all channels with ok cpu consumption , if you are looking to save a buck and not use for gaming etc , or get a i7980x and futureproof yourself .. for a few months anyway , or are those hex core things already out ?
hdd : wd velociraptor
ram : no idea whats latest , dual Chanel ddr3 something ?
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Upavas
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Posted : Aug 28, 2010 22:51
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Medea
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Posted : Aug 29, 2010 13:49
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makus
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Posted : Aug 31, 2010 02:10
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gygabyte or asus mobo, i7 cpu, 4+ gb of ddr3 ram, a nice cooling and several hdds - that's what seems modern and capable to me.
having that it would probably be a sin not to get a new geforce or ati video card, unless this pc is not your dedicated daw.
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