Casual music production and gaming build.
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Can you retrieve the template from this thread please:
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We'll need a budget at a minimum, plus if required: any peripherals or monitor. If not required, what resolution the existing monitor is.
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We'll need a budget at a minimum, plus if required: any peripherals or monitor. If not required, what resolution the existing monitor is.
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as tetras said look at that template people will need more than that info to help
also worth noting that budget hardly covers the ram nowadays
what kind of music production are we talking here? i dont neccesarily mean music genre [although out of interest that might be interesting to know] more how you approach it.
im making stuff completely from scratch and i use onboard vst and plug my instruments straight in via my interface so im running guitar amplifier speaker room and effects
pedal simulations all onboard instead of just mic on a amp and cab approach which uses more system resources. and i also use vst for the drums and various other things. so a
lot more intensive than some people's music production work, less intensive than others though. admittedly using casual in the thread title is at least helpful though im guessing
your not needing stupid amounts of processing power and memory usage at least judging by that i guess.
also worth noting that budget hardly covers the ram nowadays
what kind of music production are we talking here? i dont neccesarily mean music genre [although out of interest that might be interesting to know] more how you approach it.
im making stuff completely from scratch and i use onboard vst and plug my instruments straight in via my interface so im running guitar amplifier speaker room and effects
pedal simulations all onboard instead of just mic on a amp and cab approach which uses more system resources. and i also use vst for the drums and various other things. so a
lot more intensive than some people's music production work, less intensive than others though. admittedly using casual in the thread title is at least helpful though im guessing
your not needing stupid amounts of processing power and memory usage at least judging by that i guess.
This is the best I could do for the budget, £800 is much too low a budget for 4K gaming:
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £128.99
- 1 x ASUS PRIME H610M-A WIFI D4 - Intel H610 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-03301) = £79.99
- 1 x Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-295-KS) = £169.99
- 1 x Intel ARC B580 12GB PCI-Express GDDR6 Limited Edition Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-INT-03759) = £239.99
- 1 x Intel Holiday Bundle - Choose One Of Four Premium Games (SKU: DIG-INT-06664) = £0.00
- 1 x Gigabyte Aorus 7300E 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-GIG-06500) = £94.99
- 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K2 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-046-KK) = £29.99
- 1 x MSI MAG A650BN UK PSU 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: POW-MSI-03345) = £47.99
Total: £803.92 (includes delivery: £11.98)
If you have or can source some cheap DDR4/DDR5 and a spare SSD, that would help A LOT
£140
(incl. VAT)
£360
(incl. VAT)
£330
(incl. VAT)
POW-MSI-03345
£55
(incl. VAT)
£48
(incl. VAT)