need help specking a build for a pc for music creation/editing

fireisdangerous · 22 Jan 2011 at 16:36

Hi there looking for some suggestions for a spec for a pc for creating music/editing.

My line of thinking of a decent gamming pc with 8gb of memory?

what do you think? budhet 500/600

Internaut · 22 Jan 2011 at 17:01

Where will you buy the components from? I see a lot of American users talking about a site called Newegg - apparently they are very cheap, but I don't think they operate in the UK. It would be nice to see an equivalent type of cheap pc parts store here for self-builds.

For audio media editing you will want to splash out on the processor, maybe quad core and a healthy amount of RAM 8GB+ sounds good. You wont need much graphics processing but still fit in something decent with 1GB+ if it comes within budget.

Cleeecooo · 22 Jan 2011 at 17:34

8GB RAM
AMD X6 CPU
GTX 460 or 5850 or 5770 or 5830

CPU: £200
Mobo: £100
RAM: £80
GFX card: £100 (for the 5830)
HDD's: £45
Case: £50
PSU: £60

Total £635. (look around and maybe get something a bit cheaper)

Cookeh · 22 Jan 2011 at 17:36

Hmm..

Amount of cores you need is debatable. depends on how many filters you have etc.

For this, I would be looking at a SB build, possibly H67 chipset, and as Internaut mentioned 8GB of ram.

Cleeecooo · 22 Jan 2011 at 17:49

Is £600 your max?

fireisdangerous · 22 Jan 2011 at 17:55

thanks for your help so far, 600 is the max

DragonQ · 22 Jan 2011 at 17:55

I'm sorry but there is no point whatsoever in getting a separate GPU if you don't need to. If you go P67 + Sandy Bridge then you'll need to but if you go AMD, H67 or wait for Z68, there's no point.

Cookeh · 22 Jan 2011 at 17:57

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
(£162.49)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £101.99
(£84.99) £101.99
(£84.99)
Gigabyte H67M-UD2H Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
Corsair Builder Series CX 430W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUK) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
Coolermaster Elite 334 Midi Case - Black £33.68
(£28.07) £33.68
(£28.07)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £491.34
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £100.77
Total : £604.61

One of the fastest quad cores out there, onboard graphics that will be more than sufficient for your uses, a full 8GB of RAM, SSD for OS and your music software, and a 1TB harddrive for storage.

Cleeecooo · 22 Jan 2011 at 18:06

I thought the OP said he wanted a gaming PC. Apparently the corsair builder series PSU's are pretty crap.

fireisdangerous · 22 Jan 2011 at 18:14

Cleeecooo said:
I thought the OP said he wanted a gaming PC. Apparently the corsair builder series PSU's are pretty crap.

I was just basing the built around the normal spec for a gaming pc as that's what im used to building. I have a spare 550w psu that i will probably use in this build.

Or i could sell him my current mb and i5 750 (i would keep my ssd 5850 and ram etc) and upgrade myself to a new sandybridge MB and CPU!

fireisdangerous · 22 Jan 2011 at 18:17

my friend now wants the case to have a window? any suggestions? Coolermaster Elite 430

Cookeh · 22 Jan 2011 at 19:14

Elite 430 is a decent case, especially for the money!

fireisdangerous · 22 Jan 2011 at 19:40

thanks, i think ill use that case.

Do you think a seperate sound card is needed?

Cookeh · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:37

Nope, unless he is recording music direct to PC - and even then it's need is debatable.

Orcvader · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:41

Will it be just purely used for music creation/editing? Then +1 to Cookeh's build. But change the 2500K to a 2600 maybe?

Also, what brand is the spare 550w PSU you have?

fireisdangerous · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:52

Orcvader said:
Will it be just purely used for music creation/editing? Then +1 to Cookeh's build. But change the 2500K to a 2600 maybe?

Also, what brand is the spare 550w PSU you have?

Its a be quiet 550w moudular dark power psu its awsome and i have ever had issues with it the only downsize if that all modular cables are quite fat not like the thin corsair ones so they are harder cable manage.