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Post by Metal Dan on Nov 25, 2009 23:50:37 GMT -5
I want to build a computer to use for home recording. I have a budget of about $800 to spend and I use Cubase 5.
Any suggestions on what parts would be best?
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Post by Tungus on Feb 3, 2010 6:44:46 GMT -5
Like anything else, ya get what ya pay for. Its best to build 1 yourself costwise.
I build gaming rigs mostly, but most of this holds true for any PC running high demand software.
A good PSU (powers supply) in the 585-850 range should do ya fine.
AMD processors are cheaper than Intel and perform just as well if not better in some cases. For serious recording...quad core Phenom or Intel I5 or better. The higher the # the better ...ie 2.6 vs 3.1 gig.
LOTS of RAM! I cant stress that enough. As much as you can either fit in the motherboard or can afford. This will keep your buffer from crappin out on ya.
I would stay away from "no name" motherboards. The prices may be good but the tech support usualy sux balls. Good proven brands are ASUS, Gigabyte and MSi. I dont care for Gigabyte's overclocking utility myself...but it does work.
Graphics: ya dont need a $500 2 gig card for recording. Anything over a 256meg/128 bit card would be overkill. Can be found for about 40 bux
Im seriously hard on pc's. I go through power supplies like candy. I tend to get a bit heavy in the overclocking dept. so me blowin shit up saves you from doing the same. ;D If you do overclock, my advice is to stay under the 15% range unless you have a VERY good heatsink/fan/water cooling system.
Sound card/interface: Thats a decision you will have to make. So many choices and a bit pricey.
You can easily build a good recording rig for 800 bones, but if you pay someone to build it for you...youre lookin @ 1000-1100.
Hope I helped.
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Post by Metal Dan on Feb 3, 2010 22:19:24 GMT -5
Good advice but it came a bit too late. I ended up buying an eMachine for $400. I got 7gigs of RAM 2.7ghtz processor.
Its not the best, but its a huge step forward from what I was using and so far runs Cubase and all my software beautifully.
I nearly choked when you said the psu was around $600 on its own...
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Post by Tungus on Feb 4, 2010 20:47:02 GMT -5
Good advice but it came a bit too late. I ended up buying an eMachine for $400. I got 7gigs of RAM 2.7ghtz processor. I nearly choked when you said the psu was around $600 on its own... Im sorry for the confusion there man... I shouldve put "585-850 watt range" ;D A very good 1000 watt psu would be $230 or so but can be found around 100 bones. Didnt mean to scare ya hahaha Im also sorry the advice came late. Send me a pm with the complete specs and Ill give ya any advice I can on how to squeeze all the performance ya can out of it and what software NOT to use. You would be surprised how much junk there is out there.
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