Hi. I'm looking to build a DAW PC (intel Quad core) soon.
Any recommendations as to what type of specs i should be
looking for? cpu, ram, HD, casing, power supply,
CPU fan etc? I'm primarily lookin to get quiet components
ofcourse as far as case, Power supply & CPU fan go.
maybe a case with rubber linings for HD/ opticaldrive
(no vibration), good airflow, a quiet CPU cooler and power
supply. Any help regarding this would be much helpful. also,
looking to get an audio interface, 49 key midi keyboard &
condensor mic.

thanks.

i would consider a mac. even if u dont like mac OSX and plan to run windows, windows seems to run better on a mac PC. The hardware just seems to fit together. im never looking back atleast.

whats your budget?

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Originally posted by SDM i would consider a mac. even if u dont like mac OSX and plan to run windows, windows seems to run better on a mac PC. The hardware just seems to fit together. im never looking back atleast. whats your budget?

Sorry to sound retarded? But windows on a Mac? Tell me more...

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Originally posted by adi_hanson Sorry to sound retarded? But windows on a Mac? Tell me more...

Adi, you been livin' under a rock of sumfing?

Windows now runs very damn solid on a mac (if you really have to).

And honestly, by the time you spec a performance PC with a nice case and quiet fans, and decent drives, you're very close to the price of a mac, which works great and looks fantastic.

I'm with SDM. I'm never looking back and had owned a PC since I was 4.

i did the switch this summer from a homemade computer with awesome specs to the new 13" macbook pro with a little less awesome specs than my homemade computer but it runs alot better. i run both MAC OSX and Windows on it (partitioned the harddrive) but im using Win lesser and lesser. Once ive finished "left 4 dead" im deleting windows forever.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Adi, you been livin' under a rock of sumfing?

Im not sure how ive missed this? Im due for an upgrade , so will be lookin into this.

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Build you an intel based PC and order one of these chips, then go buy you OSX and you have a fully functional macintosh for a fraction of the price...

http://www.expresshd.com/

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Originally posted by Kevy Kev Build you an intel based PC and order one of these chips, then go buy you OSX and you have a fully functional macintosh for a fraction of the price... http://www.expresshd.com/

hackintoshes are so buggy, I tried it once and the only satisfaction was showing people i can run osx on a pc. forget about driver support for audio and good luck using it for anything other than word processing and web browsing.

Did you use the above chip? I too have a hackintosh that I modded to run OSX and I don't use the chip. As of about 2 weeks ago I can no longer boot into my OSX because somewhere, somehow it messed up. These chips do all the hard work for you and they are very stable.

My next purchase is one of these chips, not a $3,000 mac

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lol a mac isnt 3000 dollars man. all u need for production is this:
http://store.apple.com/us/configure...mco=MTA4MTg2MjQ

1200USD, what a DIY-computer would cost too but it would be fucking noisy and buggy and u would need to buy a operating system and screen and mouse and keyboard etc etc so the mac will get u longer.

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Originally posted by SDM lol a mac isnt 3000 dollars man. all u need for production is this: http://store.apple.com/us/configure...mco=MTA4MTg2MjQ 1200USD, what a DIY-computer would cost too but it would be fucking noisy and buggy and u would need to buy a operating system and screen and mouse and keyboard etc etc so the mac will get u longer.

Exactly. Hackintosh have been done to death on here and other forums and the final summation was it's not worth it - if anything you end up spending more in the long run. Remember, all they have to do is bring out a firmware or OS update and you're screwed.

I bought an imac for just over $1000$ and it been worth every penny. For music production it's been flawless, and I've used the poor thing for every possible use I can think of (from graphics to P+L analysis) and it hasn't missed a beat.

If you love PC's then go buy one. If you want a mac then buy one.

Don't DIY the worst of both world becuase you'll get something that doesn't do either platform well.

I don't know a single person that bought a mac and thought "nah, I'll switch back to windows/PC".

And you can run windows on it with great results too if you find yourself dont like OSX (which i can understand in some cases), or Linux like Ubuntu if you want to (dont see why though Linux is shit). Or you can run both Mac OSX and Windows like i do atm.

Im running Win7 on a second partition and Apple has all the needed drivers for touchpad, screen, audio, DVD-burner, everything included in the following DVD, for both 32bit and 64bit, u dont even have to look for the drivers it just installs the right ones immediately and u dont need to search the whole web for it.

Seriously even if you are a die hard Microsoft Windows fan, Macs are your best bet right now, mostly beacuse they use Intel processors and that they have put together the whole computer themselfs and tested that it actualy works good, like you wouldnt by building your own.

As i sayd earlier my DIY computer had Quad Core 2,4GHz (or something) processor and 4GB ram and it was slower than the mac eventhough this mac is 2,26GHz Dual Core 2GB Ram. Its not all about specs! Also the warranty is on one item; the whole computer, not separate for processor, ram, HD, MB, GC, power, case etc.

Shit man computers have never been as easy as right now.