Santuzzo
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I am looking to buy or build a new DAW-PC for recording as my current PC is 10+ years old and I feel it's time for a new PC.
What I had so far (on my current PC) is: i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67 GHz, 6 GB RAM, Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard, Sapphire 1GB HD4870 GPU, Win7 64bit. (with most of these specs I don't really know what any of that means, tbh).
I'm looking for a PC that will be lasting for a while, I want something with kind of the latest hardware (CPU) so I won't have to upgrade for a while.
I usually only record one instrument at a time, but it would be good to have a PC that could handle also more than that (say recording 2 or 3 instruments simultaneously, but I assume for that I'd need to look at a specific interface more than at a specific PC).
First of all, would you recommend buying a ready built PC or can I still save a bit of money buying the parts and putting the PC together myself (that's what I did with my current PC years ago)?
What pats would you recommend? what CPU, how much RAM would I need (I do use samples for drums, bass and synths a lot), what kind or drives (SSD or HDD?), what kind of GPU would you recommend?
I am not sure about the budget as I don't really have an idea at this point on how much I'd need to spend for a powerful PC.
Thanks for any suggestions/advice.
Lars
What I had so far (on my current PC) is: i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67 GHz, 6 GB RAM, Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard, Sapphire 1GB HD4870 GPU, Win7 64bit. (with most of these specs I don't really know what any of that means, tbh).
I'm looking for a PC that will be lasting for a while, I want something with kind of the latest hardware (CPU) so I won't have to upgrade for a while.
I usually only record one instrument at a time, but it would be good to have a PC that could handle also more than that (say recording 2 or 3 instruments simultaneously, but I assume for that I'd need to look at a specific interface more than at a specific PC).
First of all, would you recommend buying a ready built PC or can I still save a bit of money buying the parts and putting the PC together myself (that's what I did with my current PC years ago)?
What pats would you recommend? what CPU, how much RAM would I need (I do use samples for drums, bass and synths a lot), what kind or drives (SSD or HDD?), what kind of GPU would you recommend?
I am not sure about the budget as I don't really have an idea at this point on how much I'd need to spend for a powerful PC.
Thanks for any suggestions/advice.
Lars