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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 :mad:
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 :D )
What do you think of this setup? Any advices or suggestions?
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| osum-possum |
| 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 :) |
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| Tranc3 |
| if you aren't a gamer then why are you getting a 9600xt? |
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| 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$)
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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.
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