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Hi guys, I'm sure you can help here.
It's been about 6 years since I was last on here seeking advice when I last built my current computer and to perfectly honest it's been excellent and it still does mostly all I need but I now need to build another machine to go in my home recording studio mostly to edit the files from my Zoom 24 track recorder, which I'm in the process of setting up at the moment.
I'm totally out of touch with today's computer components etc and haven't the time to do all the research that I did when I built this computer so basically what I want to build is probably a steady away AMD based system into a micro ATX case with a decent PSU, SSD, dual h/drives, minimum of say 16 Gb fast RAM, dual optical drives and multi card reader and with preferably decent on-board sound and graphics but with spare slots for the addition of decent sound and video cards which I would add if need be.
The specs wouldn't need to be super fast as I wouldn't be using it for gaming or overclocking but it wants to be a reliable workhorse and it must run cool/quietly so a good CPU cooler and well ventilated case would be essential. I've been happy with the Gigabyte mobo and AMD processor so far but I'm sure that things have moved on considerably since I built this rig which was relatively low spec even back then but it's done what I ask of it admirably and if I can build another in the same vein but just a more up to date then that would be even better.
So your advice on which components that would do the job cost effectively would be much appreciated.
It's been about 6 years since I was last on here seeking advice when I last built my current computer and to perfectly honest it's been excellent and it still does mostly all I need but I now need to build another machine to go in my home recording studio mostly to edit the files from my Zoom 24 track recorder, which I'm in the process of setting up at the moment.
I'm totally out of touch with today's computer components etc and haven't the time to do all the research that I did when I built this computer so basically what I want to build is probably a steady away AMD based system into a micro ATX case with a decent PSU, SSD, dual h/drives, minimum of say 16 Gb fast RAM, dual optical drives and multi card reader and with preferably decent on-board sound and graphics but with spare slots for the addition of decent sound and video cards which I would add if need be.
The specs wouldn't need to be super fast as I wouldn't be using it for gaming or overclocking but it wants to be a reliable workhorse and it must run cool/quietly so a good CPU cooler and well ventilated case would be essential. I've been happy with the Gigabyte mobo and AMD processor so far but I'm sure that things have moved on considerably since I built this rig which was relatively low spec even back then but it's done what I ask of it admirably and if I can build another in the same vein but just a more up to date then that would be even better.
So your advice on which components that would do the job cost effectively would be much appreciated.