Spec Me a Rig. £3k

ChrisD. · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:13

Yeah, 1TB sorry. Why would it be hard to backup? I suggested RAID 10, speed and redundancy.

glenimp617 · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:18

MilanoChris said:
Yeah, 1TB sorry. Why would it be hard to backup? I suggested RAID 10, speed and redundancy.

get back in yer pen

ChrisD. · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:19

glen8 said:
get back in yer pen

Go away Glen, shouldn't you be drooling at something over on the AV forums?

Vinney · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:21

watercooling is out the question ... been there done that ... too much argro.

cheers guys you have certainly given me some food for thought...

one last question, if i end up doing a uturn and re-ordering a mac pro again, how easy is it to set up raid config ( never do anything like that on a mac before )

Spec of the mac pro i have in mind is:

Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeo
4GB (4x1GB)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 16x SuperDrive
APPLE WIRELESS MIGHTY MOUSE
WIRELESS KEYBD/ OS X-GBR.
Country Kit-B

glenimp617 · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:21

MilanoChris said:
Go away Glen, shouldn't you be drooling at something over on the AV forums?

are you watching me :eek:

ChrisD. · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:22

glen8 said:
are you watching me

No, I just guessed!

Sorry for the hijack!

glenimp617 · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:37

is this your profession or hobby?

Chocki · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:41

Vinney said:
watercooling is out the question ... been there done that ... too much argro.

cheers guys you have certainly given me some food for thought...

one last question, if i end up doing a uturn and re-ordering a mac pro again, how easy is it to set up raid config ( never do anything like that on a mac before )

Spec of the mac pro i have in mind is:

Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeo
4GB (4x1GB)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 16x SuperDrive
APPLE WIRELESS MIGHTY MOUSE
WIRELESS KEYBD/ OS X-GBR.
Country Kit-B

Fair enough Vinny, although you seem to have done a tidy job of the above rig.

If you go down the PC route, then it's gonna have to be a Sonata, or a coolermaster RC 1000 silent tower and 120mm fans minimum.

Vinney · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:41

glen8 said:
is this your profession or hobby?

part time profession

MumboJumbo · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:43

Vinney said:
APPLE WIRELESS MIGHTY MOUSE

sorry buit that cracked me up. I wana get me an apple wireless mighty mouse!

glenimp617 · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:46

to be honest I would look at a mid sized workstation from a company who can offer business support

Xeon processors and SAS disks should do the trick and would last you quite a while

for example

2 x Quad Xeon E5335
4 x 300GB SAS
8GB RAM

£2,400ex

milkinc13 · 18 Jan 2008 at 16:33

Vinney said:
Hiya everyone,

Am looking to purchase some components for a new system i intend to use as a Digital Audio Workstation (Music Production). I usually have no problems picking out the right components and building my own system, however after reading tons of reviews on quad core intels, motherboard and ram - it literally has got my head spinning.

I was wondering, if i give you a budget of £3,000 +/- £300, would you recommend the best spec i could get for that price. I only need a bare bones machine, no monitor or soundcard is needed.

As this system is for a DAW, i need noise to be at a minimum. So the quieter the better.

I'll start the spec off :

* Intel Quad QX9650
* mobo ?
* 4 Gig Ram of ?
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
* Seagate Barracuda 1 x 1TB
* Seagate Barracuda 3 x 750 or 500GB

Whats the difference between the ES.2 and the 7200 ?

What power supply / case do you recommend ? - quieter the better

Thanks for your time ....

Vinney.

you want to spend that much, and only want a 2600XT :eek:

MumboJumbo · 18 Jan 2008 at 16:35

its not a gaming pc.

DanMc07 · 18 Jan 2008 at 18:13

milkinc13 said:
you want to spend that much, and only want a 2600XT

Bravo to the guy who hasent read what the guy is wanting his PC for

milkinc13 · 18 Jan 2008 at 20:54

have read, but even a 3850pro will do that & use less power, it's all about going green

MumboJumbo · 18 Jan 2008 at 22:31

no its about you not thinking. Where is your evidence that a 3850 would use less power then a 2600xt ?

Hes not going to be gaming by the sounds of it and id imagine the most graphical use the pc would get would be watching videos which he has perhaps compiled with the music etc. Nothing heavy, why waste the money?

Vinney · 19 Jan 2008 at 00:42

8igdave said:
no its about you not thinking. Where is your evidence that a 3850 would use less power then a 2600xt ?

Hes not going to be gaming by the sounds of it and id imagine the most graphical use the pc would get would be watching videos which he has perhaps compiled with the music etc. Nothing heavy, why waste the money?

Exactly ...... this is not a gaming machine .. i have a ps3 for that lol.

I dont care about 'going green' only thing i was interested in was the price ... the Ati was cheaper ... more than ideal .. long as it runs my dual displays i dont care ....

Ive actually re-ordered the mac ....

Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
2GB DDR2 800MHz FB-DIMMS
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR3
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse
Apple Wireless Keyboard

RME Multiface II with HDSPe PCIE Card
Powercore Firewire
Genelec 8040
2 x Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP-HC 24"

MumboJumbo · 20 Jan 2008 at 15:17

is a good machine. Although personally id not have got the dell monitors i would have got the benQ Fp241w as it has extra outputs and doesn't suffer from the problems which dell have with the green shadows etc. Not much difference in price either.