New PC for Ableton Live.

tauron · 13 Apr 2008 at 16:41

New PC for Ableton Live. Will this Work?

Have decided to build a new pc for running Ableton Live as my old Pentium 4 is becoming a bit slow.

Would these work well together.

Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard;

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail;

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK);

HIS ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT ICEQ3 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail;

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK);

I already have a Lian Li case and would be using my existing Seagate SATA drives. Also, I have the RME Multiface which I think could be used in a PCI slot.

I have factored in the new power supply but now sure if I really need one as I already have a 480 Antec True power but this was purchased about 3 years ago to run a P4C800-E mobo. Not sure if the ATX power connectors would be suitable for the P5E mobo.

Can anyone comment on the above.

tauron · 13 Apr 2008 at 20:58

Anyone.

Glaucus · 13 Apr 2008 at 21:07

No idea what alvberton live requires. But the specs looks good. you could get away with a 500w psu if you wanted to save some money and I wouldn't touch ati cards. I would get a 8800 instead.

Bin Boy · 13 Apr 2008 at 21:16

What are the system requirements for Live 7?
The minimum system requirements for Live 7 are as follows:

Macintosh:
Any G4 or faster (Intel Mac recommended)
512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
Mac OS X 10.3.9 (10.4 or later recommended)
QuickTime 6.5 or higher
DVD-ROM drive

PC:
1.5 GHz CPU or faster
512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
Windows XP or Windows Vista
QuickTime 6.5 or higher
Windows-compatible soundcard (preferably with an ASIO driver)
DVD-ROM drive

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4GB for windows vista i would say

Talrinys · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:04

I'm not really sure that you would need an X38 motherboard, a P35 would do the job cheaper. Ableton uses multiple cores extremely well so stick to that Q6600 but get 4 gigs of RAM, particularly when using vista, when you have a project with a few high quality audio files/samplers open, you'll thank me.

Out of curiosity, what kind of music do you make?

tauron · 14 Apr 2008 at 09:07

I thought about the x38 board because it is xfire and I do like to play some games sometime. I don't intend moving to vista yet. As for style of music. Minamal Electro House would be a good decription but this is not set in stone.