JMT668

Hi guys time for me to ask for some ideas once again.

I have a friend who is in a band and wants a PC for sound recording and editing.

I have offerd to try and build him one and give him a estimate on price and spec.

what do you think he would need (spec wise) for sound editing and recording?

please help as i have built a few rigs in my time but mostly home pc's and gaming rigs.

Firewire and Loads of USB will be needed!

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dzalias

Absolutely 100% quiet. It'll have to be shielded properly most of all.

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JMT668

i will throw a few parts together and see waht you all say. ok?

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Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£53.99

2 x Optiarc AD-7241S Lightscribe 24X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer DVD-RAM SATA Black - OEM
£35.26

2 x OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
£129.98

AMD Quad Core Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3 - Retail
£115.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA II 7200rpm 32Mb Cache 8.5ms 300Mb/s - OEM
£55.94

OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
£43.47

Antec Three Hundred Case - Black - No Psu
£39.99


Total Basket Value: £554.31 inc vat


What you all think?

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gosmo

Ive done a lot of DAW work and I simply couldn't do it with 4gb ram. I've done it comfortably with 6gb but 8gb would be best. Just remember to switch to 64bit os. Also, make sure the mobo supports firewire or hi-speed usb. Ask him if he has an audio interface, if he does not, he will need a pretty badass sound card. Also, he might need some studio monitors for mixing, but those can run you 300+, your better off buying a really nice headset that has a very wide frequency range.

Which phenom II 4 are you looking to get? High end dual cores are good with DAWs if you want to go that route, but High end quads with a good OC are even better so I would suggest only getting a quad if you're going 955.

Like I said, get the extra ram, especially if he will be running VSTi's like EZDrummer or EWQLSO Gold.

EDIT: Also make sure he's got 2 monitors, he'll need it to get any work done.

firestormcomputers

8 GB upwards for RAM, no doubt about it, if he wants it to last.

And for any kind of editing like that, definitely go for an Intel processor.

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gosmo

Yes, Intel would definitely run better. But if you are on a budget, AMD will do just fine.

EDIT: I just noticed the part of your post saying he wants to game on it. This will definitely run up your price, but all you would need is a video card.

JMT668

right cant do intel as im on a tight budget.

So it will need 8gb ram and a decent quad core i was thinking 945?

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JMT668

what about a GPU?

would it need one?

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shadow19935

Tell him if he wants decent pc for that type of work it has to be intel quad or xeon, 8gb ram, very good sound card, take a cheaper corsair psu , and yes some kind of gpu would be nice.

EDIT: get some quiet fans and lots of sound dampening stuff.

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