What do you think of this system?

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Posted by Slipstream on Oct-03-2004 20:17:

What do you think of this system?

I'm about to buy a system for production and I'm limited in the budget (~2700$), so here what I was planning:

SYSTEM
Athlon64 3200+
Asus K8V-SE Deluxe
2x 512 MB OCZ PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum with Enhanced Bandwidth
Antec SLK3700BQE 350W case
LG 16X DVD writer 4160B
ATI Radeon 9600XT (No need for a more powerful videocard, I'm not a gamer)
Maxtor 80 GB ATA 8 MB (System drive, I already own it from my current system)
Western Digital 160 GB S/ATA 8 MB (Audio drive)
Mitsubishi DiamondPro 930SB 19" CRT (I already own it from my current system)

SOUNDCARD
M-Audio Delta 44 (I'll be fully virtual, no space for racks of equipment, so a 4/4 card is more than enough)

MIDI CONTROLLER
M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 (I insist on having a piano-like keyboard with hammer action keys, for synth-type of keyboard I could get a small and cheap two octave keyboard later on)

STUDIO MONITORS
Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 (I know they are not studio monitors but I'm sure they'll do better than cheap monitors, plus I already own them... Proper monitors will come later on.)

I definately need the new computer, my current one is too weak (P3-500), can't even run the demo song of FruityLoops

I'm going AMD because it's definately cheaper than going Intel, plus from all the benchmarks I saw its also more powerful.

Later on I plan on getting a DSP card (probably the TC|PowerCore with the Access Virus plug-in )

What do you think of this setup? Any advices or suggestions?

Slipstream

Posted by itsamemario on Oct-03-2004 22:18:

sounds sweet

Posted by osum-possum on Oct-03-2004 22:23:

I own the mother board and have had no problems running protools and reason. Antec cases are great too. Many people here have recommended the soundcard so I think you won't be disapointed. Sounds like a good investment

Posted by Tranc3 on Oct-04-2004 00:29:

if you aren't a gamer then why are you getting a 9600xt?

Posted by Slipstream on Oct-04-2004 00:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Tranc3
if you aren't a gamer then why are you getting a 9600xt?

Well I'm not a gamer now, mostly due to my machine, but I'd like to have the possibility of playing a game with decent performance if I want to. However I'll never become an hardcore gamer so the 9800 is overkill and a 9600XT OEM is cheap anyways (200$)

Slipstream

Posted by echosystm on Oct-04-2004 01:00:

Looks good performance wise, but you're probably going to have issues with the actualy computer being too lound (AMD = Loud, it's unavoidable). Having a vacuum cleaner next to u isnt fun when you're trying to make music

Have a look into things like this (Prices AUD) :

http://www.pccasegear.com/prod873.htm
http://www.pccasegear.com/prod908.htm
http://www.pccasegear.com/prod789.htm

Posted by Slipstream on Oct-04-2004 01:14:

quote:
Originally posted by echosystm
Looks good performance wise, but you're probably going to have issues with the actualy computer being too lound (AMD = Loud, it's unavoidable). Having a vacuum cleaner next to u isnt fun when you're trying to make music

Have a look into things like this (Prices AUD) :

http://www.pccasegear.com/prod873.htm
http://www.pccasegear.com/prod908.htm
http://www.pccasegear.com/prod789.htm

Yeah.. well I actually already had planned of getting the Zalmann HSF, just forgot to mention it. Also worst case scenario I could always put my PC in my closet which is just beside my desk and use an extender for the monitor/keyboard/mouse.

Slipstream