I put a post up about a month ago asking for advice on buying a new desktop pc solely for music production.Got good feedback and everyone said build your own now ive looked into this and its definitely the way forward my problem is ive never done anything like this before to be honest i struggle to change a plug.Just wondering are there any companys out there who build pcs for music production or would this be to costly or do i just take a leap of faith and buy the parts and do it myself just worried i’l do it all wrong and lose my cash.giving me a bit of headache this is any advice cheers.
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[quote]jonev (23/03/2011)[hr]i[/quote]
and your keyboard only has letter “i” ?
I think you’ve overdone cost cutting
[quote]seanl (23/03/2011)[hr][quote]jonev (23/03/2011)[hr]i[/quote]
and your keyboard only has letter “i” ?
I think you’ve overdone cost cutting[/quote]
Haha - that’s made my evening
[quote]slender (23/03/2011)[hr][quote]seanl (23/03/2011)[hr][quote]jonev (23/03/2011)[hr]i[/quote]
and your keyboard only has letter “i” ?
I think you’ve overdone cost cutting[/quote]
Haha - that’s made my evening[/quote]
here to help 
if it was me I’d just use http://www.google.com to find out about building a PC.
Just make sure to follow directions!
Best Resource ever!
its about $$$$$ versus performance.
can do a million searches to determine what is an optimal setup for your DAW.
[quote]jonev (23/03/2011)[hr]I put a post upabout a month ago asking for advice on buying a new desktop pc solely for music production.Got good feedback and everyone said build your own now ive looked into this and its definitely the way forward my problem is ive never done anything like this before to be honest i struggle to change a plug.Just wondering are there any companys out there who build pcs for music production or would this be to costly or do i just take a leap of faith and buy the parts and do it myself just worried i’l do it all wrong and lose my cash.giving me a bit of headache this is any advice cheers.[/quote]
If you lived near me I would build it for you - would take about an hour or so
Whats your budget for starters
about £500
Well I built mine for about the same price - but that did not include the monitor or Windows 7
so if you have both those you should be able to get a decent PC for that
There are hundreds of guides on the net telling you how to build a PC and forums - its like building with lego in a way -
You need a fast processor - wayne will say go for an AMD I would day go for an i7
Motherboard - depends on the above choice and you must get one that is either AMD or intel compatable - again don’t try and be cheap on this
Memory RAM - 4gig if running 32 bit 8 gig if running 64 bit
DVD RW
A case - you can be flash or not with this
A power supply again depends how much you want to spend
Fans - to keep thing cool
This all may seem a different language but once you do some research it should become clearer - any questions either post or pm i have been building pcs for donkeys years
nice one gonna have a go myself just been looking at a few guides doesn’t look that scary
[quote]jonev (23/03/2011)[hr]nice one gonna have a go myself just been looking at a few guides doesn’t lookthat scary[/quote]
Like you I am not really diy etc minded but honestly once you take the plunge it will all make sense and the beauty is you can upgrade when you feel like it
Oh I forgot to add the Hardrive as well - I have 2 500 gigs installed
[quote]slender (23/03/2011)[hr]Well I built mine for about the same price - but that did not include the monitor or Windows 7
so if you have both those you should be able to get a decent PC for that
There are hundreds of guides on the net telling you how to build a PC and forums - its like building with lego in a way -
You need a fast processor - wayne will say go for an AMD I would day go for an i7
Motherboard - depends on the above choice and you must get one that is either AMD or intel compatable - again don’t try and be cheap on this
Memory RAM - 4gig if running 32 bit 8 gig if running 64 bit
DVD RW
A case - you can be flash or not with this
A power supply again depends how much you want to spend
Fans - to keep thing cool
This all may seem a different language but once you do some research it should become clearer - any questions either post or pm i have been building pcs for donkeys years[/quote]
I love lego
I used to like lego when in the old old days you just had blocks and you could make what you liked (about 35 years ago) but my sons lego is rubbish now
i love lamp.
[quote]slender (23/03/2011)[hr]I used to like lego when in the old old days you just had blocks and you could make what you liked (about 35 years ago) but my sons lego is rubbish now[/quote]
I know what you saying man!
Hate that Lego went mainstream.
[quote]slender (23/03/2011)[hr]Well I built mine for about the same price - but that did not include the monitor or Windows 7
so if you have both those you should be able to get a decent PC for that
There are hundreds of guides on the net telling you how to build a PC and forums - its like building with lego in a way -
You need a fast processor - wayne will say go for an AMD I would day go for an i7
Motherboard - depends on the above choice and you must get one that is either AMD or intel compatable - again don’t try and be cheap on this
Memory RAM - 4gig if running 32 bit 8 gig if running 64 bit
DVD RW
A case - you can be flash or not with this
A power supply again depends how much you want to spend
Fans - to keep thing cool
This all may seem a different language but once you do some research it should become clearer - any questions either post or pm i have been building pcs for donkeys years[/quote]
I would have a top notch i7 if I could afford it mate, but for a top one its like double the price. Get an i7 if you have the cash if not go for AMD. (its about a years old so a little dated)
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To give you an idea mate here is my build, just copied and pasted it - thats about everything you need not including a monitor - I’m not saying get this but this is to give you an idea of the components needed:
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
1 x Asus CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA 890FX Socket AM3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
2 x Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 Ballistix Memory Kit CL7 (7-7-7-24) 1.65V
1 x LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - Retail Box Black with Software
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme Revision 2 Socket 775, AM2, AM2+, 939, 1156,1155, 1366 Cooler
2 x Sapphire HD 5770 Vapor-X 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
1 x Seagate ST3500418AS 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
1 x Tuniq TX3 High Performance Thermal Grease 3gram syringe
1 x Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache
1 x Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case
2 x CoolerMaster 12cm Red LED Case Fan
1 x OCZ 750W Fatal1ty Series Semi-Modular PSU - 4x PCI-E 6x SATA
check out ebuyer.com - much cheapness
i got the X6 wayne
[quote]UnitedVision (23/03/2011)[hr]i got the X6 wayne :D[/quote]
there was no such thing when I built that but I hear the x8 is out in June, so I’ll be getting that I think. 8 ture cores not just hyper threading. not that I know much about hyperthreading but I will defo be getting the x8