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Originally posted by kitphillips Haha, I didn't mean to start a PC vs Mac thing here, I'm really just talking about who has the support for the best hardware possible, since if your spending 4500 on a machine, you want the OS to be able to access all the hardware you've spent that cash on right And CPU and RAM are the best things to have for production.

64bit isn't necessary yet, man. I doubt anyone on this forum actually needs more than 3gb RAM.

Well, I occasionally run out of RAM with 2 gig, so I'd really like 8
But thats creating these epic orchestral things I've been doing lately, with like, one channel running akoustik piano (50 gig library I think?) and another three running kontakt instruments worth about 500 Meg each. If you total it all up, it leads to pretty rapid RAM annihilation.
So I've started running stuff with dummy instruments, and substituting the better quality instruments in right before I bounce down.

Allright back with a setup now whaddaya think?

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Premium
CPU: Intel� Core� 2 Quad Q9550
GPU: Club 3D Radeon� HD 4870 1 Go
RAM: G.Skill Kit Extreme2 2 x 2 Go PC8500 PK
HDD: Western Digital Raptor 74 Go - 16 Mo and Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 S-ATA - 500 Go - 32 Mo
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2835WM

Having a problem choosing my power supply though, I don't know if anyone makes one that supports both CrossFireX AND ATX...

probably you should wait a few weeks for intel's new cpu architecture. they will announce in 2 days the Intel� Core� i7 cpus with 8 "cores".

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Originally posted by thecYrus probably you should wait a few weeks for intel's new cpu architecture. they will announce in 2 days the Intel� Core� i7 cpus with 8 "cores".

But that isn't going to be available for retail until next year.

I think everyone can tell you what mobo and cpu to buy, graphic and ram you can decide for yourself, but for the rest of the DAW I highly suggest you these items.


PSU: Enermax EMD625AWT
HD: WD6400AAKS
Case: Antec Solo

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Originally posted by spolitta But that isn't going to be available for retail until next year.

according to intel it will be available in september

Re: Re: I have 4500 bucks to blow out on a new PC, any pointers?

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Originally posted by palm if ur not fan of computer hardware then i would not use 4500 "bucks" (euros???) on computer. 1000-1500 should be enough man.

i agree... maybe a little more... and there is this gamer board someone on looptalk showed me that takes 2 quad core intel processors... the other thing is... you don't need a phat video card to do audio stuff. and do not i repeat do not put any drive in your computer that is not western digital... they make the most reliable drives hands down.

i'd say buy the computer, a couple really really nice flat panels (you'll have them through a few computers if you take care of them). also grab a cool controller maybe a novation xio or x station.

and use what's left over to buy software or hardware. if you have almost 5 grand to spend on yourself, it'd be a shame to find out that after all that spending you didn't buy komplete or arturia v collection or something.


david

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Originally posted by thecYrus according to intel it will be available in september

Did you even read my post? Not available for RETAIL until next year, that would be Q3 2009 to be exact.

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Originally posted by spolitta Did you even read my post? Not available for RETAIL until next year, that would be Q3 2009 to be exact.

sure, but you didn't mine

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/in...field,5968.html

Re: Re: Re: I have 4500 bucks to blow out on a new PC, any pointers?

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Originally posted by davidbuhau i agree... maybe a little more... and there is this gamer board someone on looptalk showed me that takes 2 quad core intel processors... the other thing is... you don't need a phat video card to do audio stuff. and do not i repeat do not put any drive in your computer that is not western digital... they make the most reliable drives hands down.

I know the graphics card isn't gonna help me with audio but I'd like to try manipulating 3D software, video stuff like Adobe Premiere and finally start playing with video on Ableton.

Plus games too

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Originally posted by thecYrus according to intel it will be available in september

Good. Price drop up ahead.

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Originally posted by thecYrus sure, but you didn't mine http://www.tomshardware.com/news/in...field,5968.html

That release date is for the extreme editions of the server platform only, the real desktop version is coming mid next year.

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Originally posted by spolitta That release date is for the extreme editions of the server platform only, the real desktop version is coming mid next year.

actually not, this are the 3 cpus:

Core i7 900 Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz $999
Core i7 900 2.93 GHz $562
Core i7 800 2.66 GHz $284

Here what my new system I just made since sold my old desktop for music to a buddy starting to mix because of me.

PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16817703009

ASUS MAXIMUS EXTREME LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16813131235 CORSAIR

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16819115130

3 sets 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16820145182

1 BFG Tech BFGE88512GTOCXFE GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814143136

M-Audio Delta 1010LT - 10-In/10-Out PCI Virtual Studio
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_...010LT-main.html

os drive: Western Digital VelociRaptor Drivehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260

Media drives 2 Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS 1TB 5400 to 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822136151

2 SONY Gray & Black 4X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X Z-CLV DVD+R 5X Z-CLV DVD-RAM 4X Blu-ray DVD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Internal 4X Blu-ray DVD Burner Model BWU-200S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16827131055

Then my wife had old dell pc she had before we got married store at her parent house ripped out guts and used the case and added better fans and put above stuff in it. Riunning windows XP 64 bit

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Originally posted by thecYrus actually not, this are the 3 cpus: Core i7 900 Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz $999 Core i7 900 2.93 GHz $562 Core i7 800 2.66 GHz $284

Jesus I wonder how many VSTs you could run with that... Do most DAWs have support for 8 cores? Anyone care to predict the performance increases we're going to get? I imagine scheduling will start to take up a lot of cycles on one of those cores?

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Originally posted by kitphillips Jesus I wonder how many VSTs you could run with that... Do most DAWs have support for 8 cores? Anyone care to predict the performance increases we're going to get? I imagine scheduling will start to take up a lot of cycles on one of those cores?

current performance tests say an increase of 30-50% over the "old" core 2 duo architecture.

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