Spec me a PC for a DJ

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Hi folks,

Could someone spec me a decent pc for a friend who will primarily be using it for DJ'ing and linking up to his tv to watch movies. He won't be using it for gaming at all.
Any help is much appreciated.
 
what's your budget?

something ready built like this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-133-OP&groupid=43&catid=2476

just needs windows adding etc and your good to go?

or something a bit smaller and cheaper?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-075-OP&groupid=43&catid=2476

1 x "Nano 110i" Intel Core i3 3.10GHz Dual Core System £329.99
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
Total : £427.99 (includes shipping : £15.00).



can always alter the sdd for a bigger one etc, if you need more space


then it starts to go up in price,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=43&catid=2476&subid=2493

or a self build maybe? as without a budget it's hard to know which way to go tbh
 
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1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Asus BC-12B1ST BluRay-Rom / DVD-RW Drive OEM £59.99
1 x Asus Xonar D1 7.1 PCI Sound Card £52.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £44.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £39.95
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x OcUK Compact Wireless Desktop Set (6309ARF) £19.99
Total : £598.37 (includes shipping : £10.50).



dual core trinity cpu and gpu, & some good fast ram, a bluray player and dvdrw combo for watching movies etc windows 7 home 64bit, wireless keyboard and mouse. a 7.1 sound card for his DJ'ing as board onlu supports 5.1. 128gb sdd for windows and a few apps / programs etc and a 2tb hard disk for storage of his music files

or either of the builds above for pre built, just add windows and k/b and mice etc and maybe a better sound card etc

different case for option 2

1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Asus BC-12B1ST BluRay-Rom / DVD-RW Drive OEM £59.99
1 x Silverstone Milo ML03 HTPC Case - Black (SST-ML03B) £56.99
1 x Asus Xonar D1 7.1 PCI Sound Card £52.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 64Bit (1 Server & 10 Client Licenses) - OEM (CCQ-00128) £39.98
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £39.95
1 x OcUK Compact Wireless Desktop Set (6309ARF) £19.99
Total : £576.94 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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Didn't include a bluray drive as don't know whether your mate will be watching blurays or not :p

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £55.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.95
1 x Logitech K120 Keyboard (920-002524) £9.98
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £607.75 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Which DJ software will he be using? Most of the programs can run on older C2D machines.
Have a laptop would give him to portability to play out at venues too.
 
laptop option

1 x Samsung NP355V5C-S01UK 15.6" LED TFT, AMD A10-4600M 2.30GHz, 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, DVD Super, Win7 Home Premioum - Silver £559.99
Total : £559.99 (includes shipping : FREE).




Features:-
- Powerful Performance - with the latest 2nd generation AMD quad core processor, 1Tb storage and discrete class graphics, even the most demanding applications won’t slow you down
- Exceptional Clarity - the anti-reflective LED display produces sharp images and bold colours, and has no mirror effect even outdoors or under bright lights so it won’t tire your eyes
- Outstanding Design - be a real style leader and the envy of your friends and neighbours with a fashionable, modern design available in a choice of vivid colours

Specification:-
- Screen Size: 15.6 inches (matte screen)
- Resolution: 1366x768
- Processor: AMD Trinity (A10-4600M)
- Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
- Storage: 1TB HDD (5400rpm)
- Memory: 8GB DDR3
- Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7660G & HD7670M
- Graphics RAM: 1GB DDR3
- Wireless LAN
- 100/1000 LAN
- Integrated webcam
- 3-in-1 Card Reader
- 2x USB2.0 & 2x USB3.0
- 1x External VGA Port
- 1x Kensington Lock
- 1x HDMI Port
- 3-4hrs battry life
- 2.5kg weight
- Operating System: Windows 7 Edition Home Premium
- Gaming benchmarks thread on OcUK Forum: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18433537
- Review: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/1294489/samsung-series-3-np355v5c
- Warranty: 2yr

Total : £559.99
 
As mentioned, what is his DJ package? I would imagine this would include/require at least a two in two out souncard which are generally external. You could start messing with a multichannel internal card and aiso 4 all but I wouldn't bother.

So

1. Does the setup need to be mobile (laptop or desktop)?
2. What software will be used?
3. What external hardware will be used? Soundcard/controller/mixer etc.

I can give you a start on what I use/have used at home

Set up 1. I5 Imac running ableton live with an APC20 and Touchable (this setup up more for producing as the Imac doesnt have two sound card outs so can't be used for cueing

Set up 2. I5 [email protected] with 8 gb ram. Traktor scratch running using a Traktor control Z2 as the souncard. Ableton running on the same pc using a m-audio connectiv as the the sound card + APC20 and BCR2000

Never had a problem with either in terms of performance but also never tried on lower spec kit.

If you do go laptop my advice woudl be get as high res screen as possible incase he ends up running two software packages side by side
 
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