This is for a m8 who wants a quicker pc then he has currently for producing music, he doesnt need a monitor,mouse,speakers etc.. Just a base pc with quicker processor/ram and stuff. Currently has 1ghz amd and 256mb ram! Has a budget of around £300 but maybe willing to spend more if it makes a difference.
Spec me : Music making PC
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Something like this.....
CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£94.95 £94.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£11.95 £11.95
MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£46.95 £46.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£56.95 £56.95
Subtotal £327.65
VAT £57.34
Total £384.99
You can take out the HDD & DVD if not req'd, you could also save a little money by going for a cheaper CPU, but this one is the cheapest 1mb L2 cache chip.
CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£94.95 £94.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£11.95 £11.95
MB-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£46.95 £46.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£56.95 £56.95
Subtotal £327.65
VAT £57.34
Total £384.99
You can take out the HDD & DVD if not req'd, you could also save a little money by going for a cheaper CPU, but this one is the cheapest 1mb L2 cache chip.
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Does he want a decent soundcard? as he wants it for music yeah?
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for music making id almosst certainly go dual core...
my brother deos a lot of work in cubase and it appears to be quite CPU intensive.
id reccomend an intel 805, dual core for uner £100, decent mobo will see it past 3.8 Ghz
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what else can be usesd fromthis current PC, HDDs, DVDs, CASE etc... more info please as this is a very tight budget
my brother deos a lot of work in cubase and it appears to be quite CPU intensive.
id reccomend an intel 805, dual core for uner £100, decent mobo will see it past 3.8 Ghz
**EDIT**
what else can be usesd fromthis current PC, HDDs, DVDs, CASE etc... more info please as this is a very tight budget
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He uses fruityloops more than cubase, but could re-use his case/cd-rw and stuff i guess and probs his HDD as he aint using all of the space on that.
Ideally needs new pro/ram/mobo and soundcard as hes also using the onboard at mo
Ideally needs new pro/ram/mobo and soundcard as hes also using the onboard at mo
Add in an M audio Audiophile 2496 for about £58 elsewhere which has 4in/out digital and midi and asio 2 drivers.Don`t buy a cheap creative card.
Have a look on music producing forums for more advice but with either of those amd/pentium he`ll notice a huge leap in performance.The dual core pentium looks a bargain with an insane overclock,check the thread on it in the cpu section.
Have a look on music producing forums for more advice but with either of those amd/pentium he`ll notice a huge leap in performance.The dual core pentium looks a bargain with an insane overclock,check the thread on it in the cpu section.
