Music DAW PC

[willd]

Music DAW PC - spec help

Hi guys, after reading numerous specs on here and reviews of components, I was wondering if you would take a look at what I've spec'd out from a PC primarily to be used for audio production and creation.

I needs to handle large amounts of audio playback with realtime plugins etc.

Most importantly I've designed it to last me a long time, with the idea of not overclocking it yet but when it starts to feel the stress of new technologies over the next few years. It also needs to be fairly quiet. Budget around £1500 not including monitor(s), software or any audio hardware. (my soundcard is firewire based)

Thanks for your time, and I'm sorry my first post here is asking for help!

CA-016-TT Thermaltake VB1000SNS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Silver (CA-016-TT)
£39.95 £39.95
CA-001-SS Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-001-SS)
£64.95 £64.95
CP-136-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-136-IN)
£329.95 £329.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£19.95 £19.95
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI)
£104.95 £104.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS)
£124.95 £249.90
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)
£19.95 £39.90
HD-095-WD Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-WD)
£66.95 £66.95
HD-077-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB ST3750640AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-077-SE)
£229.95 £229.95
GX-115-SP Sapphire X1600 Pro 512MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-115-SP)
£69.95 £69.95
CB-053-GE Akasa SATA-2 45cm Silver Data Cable (CB-053-GE)
£3.50 £3.50
CB-000-WD Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable (CB-000-WD)
£5.95 £5.95
KB-073-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 - Black/Silver (KB-073-LG)
£29.95 £29.95
CM-001-AF AcoustiPack Deluxe v2 Acoustic Material Kit (CM-001-AF)
£33.00 £33.00
Subtotal £1,288.85
VAT £225.55
Total £1,514.40

NB: it works out slightly less by a few pennies as the total uses a retail cpu, as the Arctic cooler is out of stock atm.

Once again thanks for your time and help

Will

 

[willd]

After reading a little more, i think it may be worth changing:

CPU to e6600
the 750gb HDD to two 400gb ones - or perhaps even one and buying an extra one when it is actually needed.

possibly the Scyth ninja over the artic freezer pro 7.

Would anybody go with anyother brand for the 4gigs of ram?

Thanks once again.

 

[no_1_dave]

You dont need seperate SATA cables because the motherboard will come with them. Also, acoustic material for the pc is a really bad idea. Most of the time it smells & is just hassle.

 

[willd]

yeh i guess it would be better to spend that money on a quieter case and fans, or just not at all unless the noise became a real problem.

 

[Klo]

Nice looking, but you have skimped (sp?) on the graphics card a bit. Prehaps with the money you saved from getting a 6600 instead of 6700, you could get something better?

 

[willd]

to be honest with this computer i wont be gaming much at all, just the odd HL2 and Counter Strike: Source action ... so i thought i might not need any higher. althought i iwll look into it.