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I'm getting new gear

I'm buying new gear this summer

Here is my setup atm:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE K8NF-9
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz Socket 939 (1000Mhz HTT)
RAM: 2 x 1024MB DDR PC3200 400Mhz
HDD: 300 GB S-ATA, 7.200 RPM 8MB Cache
Graphic card: GeForce 6600 PCI-E 256Mb ''Turboforce'' ''SilentPipe''
Sound card: M-Audio Delta 44
Screens: 2x Samsung 19" LCD Syncmaster 913N
Keypad: Logitech diNovo Media Desktop 2.0
Monitors: ESI nEar 05 eXperience
Headphones: Sony MDR-V700DJ
Keyboard: Evolution MK-449C

Total price: $2 582

Does anyone of you have any recommandations on what to change in my setup?

Thanks in advance

Cheers,
Peter

I wouldnt change anything, that is one fuckin kick ass system

get a 4000+ and a MIDI Keyboard..

edit: hva fanden.. er du fra Trondheim?

I'm probably getting an extra harddisk for the OS..

HDD2: Western Digital 74GB Raptor SATA - 10.000RPM, 4.5ms, 8MB cache, 150Mbps..

But is it worth it?

if ur planning to get hardware synth in the future then dont forget adding to this shopping-cart 2x2\4x4 Midibox

Stemmer nok det ja..

Does anyone have any experience with the Sony MDR-V700DJ's?

That's a nice setup, daddy. I could use the faster CPU in my bitch. I recommend expanding your musical resources like sample cd's and VSTs and such, or buy the software you downloaded.

If you have the means, get yourself some accoustic treatment for your control room/ bedroom. I'm working with a friend right now to make some basstraps from scratch and doing both our studios treatment. I love the feel decent accoustics gives to a room, i could/can produce all day.

You cannot go wrong with the WD Raptor...that thing is smokin' fast. I am getting another one and running it in RAID.

Get a second hard drive for audio..alone. one drive windows, and all your appz and stuff, second hard drive audio projects, makes a dieffereance, plus you have a place for your backups..

killer configuration

maybe its just me, but how are u getting this for so cheap? i dont know how good those LCD screens are, but 19 inch ones tend to cost a LOT more then you seem to be paying (then again i live in australia, we get rather raped when it comes to pricing)

p.s something you NEEEEEDDDD to let us know is what EXACTLY is the type of RAM you're getting? this is very important!!! let us know before you buy it

wow, thats sweet. my setup is pretty similar to that, except you're computer specs kick the shit out of mine. i like my monitors better though, i'm using the Event tr-6's, and let me tell you they're a joy to work with, crystal clear sound, you can hear everything good or bad to do a really good mix. (being fair, i haven't heard the ones you suggested, but i'm bassing it on specs for now)

i might also suggest going 5 octaves on the midi controller, depends on your style of producing, but as a musician myself, i like having the 5 octaves, and am considering getting an 88 key in the distant future. so far all 88 key controllers feel like utter shit, i'm still waiting for one to at least feel something like a piano. the maudio 88's are by far the worst for feel. if it felt good i'd of baught that board in a second though.

In Norway we can avoid lots of taxes when buying a computer through your company. We get up to 40% discount.
Without the discount it would cost about $4 470.

The DDR's is Corsair Value Select..

Ok, well 2 things, either drop the graphics card down if you aren't going to be playing games on this machine because NO sound production needs anything like this, nor does any home entertainment.

OR

should you be playing games on this machine too (highly likely ), then you should upgrade your RAM to:

Company: Corsair
Part: TWINX1024-3200XLPRO
Speed: XMS3200
Size: 1024MB
Latency: 2-2-2-5 <-------- IMPORTANT!!!

it'll give you one hell of a kick up in speed and RAM is always something you need a lot of, it'll cost you, but u seem to have money to throw around so go for it i know i would!

some other RAM you should look at also is "Kingston Hyper-X DDR400" get four of those sticks (512Mb each) and run them in a double, dual channel configuration, this is what i use, but i only have 2 x 512Mb of it, i could always use with more though

Thanks for the advice...

Is this the one you are referring to?

yup yup, cept i'd get two of those "kits" so ud have 2096Mb (u said u wanted 2Gb of RAM)

i cant read the non english stuff, but a quick look at the specs seems to suggest its the same

p.s so are u going to be playing games on this or not?

quote:

Originally posted by djyouth I'm probably getting an extra harddisk for the OS.. HDD2: Western Digital 74GB Raptor SATA - 10.000RPM, 4.5ms, 8MB cache, 150Mbps.. But is it worth it?

for HDD1 yes definetly

also look at seagate, they are a better brand IMO and corsair ram, it's not cheap but its very good

Yes, I am going to use the PC for gaming as well..

Has anyone tried out diNovo or diNovo 2?
It costs about $300 so I want to know if its good value for the cash..

Thanks to everyone who has given me comments..

get a better audio card that one suxxe
unless u going to use ur PC for gaming and downloading

Get some Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 or w/e

Two gigs of that

quote:

Originally posted by madmike101 get a better audio card that one suxxe unless u going to use ur PC for gaming and downloading

It's not RME, but beats easily all average multimedia cards.

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