Sloom
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Building a Machine
Hey folks, back in to HS4 for a project, I've been away from it all for a pretty long while. I'm getting a DAW box built, and am trolling around for some advice as far as specs. I posted a thread on the HS4 forum, here. I'll re-post here if that's a better idea. Thanks for any help, ideas, your time, et al.
post edited by Sloom - 2009/05/21 06:23:01
"Whatever we do, it is what it is, and we do it." -the Grubs PC specs coming, soon's I get my new machine!
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rstollen
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/22 01:54:15
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Hi Sloom, I just finished building my new system this week, and so far, I'm very happy. Gigabyte EX58-UD4P (w/ TI firewire) i7 Corsair XMS3 DDR3 3x2gb Thermaltake V1 AX CPU Cooler Antec Sonata III 500 case 2 x Seagate Barracuda 500gb 32mb cache SATA Sony DVD-RW-DL SATA HIS Radeon GS 4670 Zalman Fanless 1gb DDR3 Dual DVI XP Pro SP3 Good luck on your build. BTW - I bought the 6gb in anticipation of running Windows 7 on this system.
post edited by rstollen - 2009/05/22 14:37:34
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Sloom
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/22 05:54:39
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I think mine will be a good bit more humble! Nice machine, hope you dig it. I hope to have something going by next week.
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rstollen
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/22 14:30:44
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Enjoy the build. I know mine might be overkill, but I also thought that about the Pentium 4 PC that I built 5 years ago. 
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Sloom
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/22 16:48:37
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It'll be old news soon enough! Thanks mang.
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/24 13:25:22
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check out the box for sale in the thread: FOR SALE: DAW PC custom build F@KKER
Someone said: I've had more time to play with this, and am withdrawing the bug remarks.
This appears to work as designed and is actually a pretty cool feature.
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Sloom
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/29 23:19:49
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Sounds like a nice nigh-end studio PC... I'm looking a little humbler than that though I'm afraid. But thanks for the heads-up!
"Whatever we do, it is what it is, and we do it." -the Grubs PC specs coming, soon's I get my new machine!
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/29 23:38:47
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If you tell us your budget, maybe we can help.
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Sloom
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/30 07:42:18
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I'm talking $300. There's a local guy who says he can fix me up; he's made a few machines for a guy I do work for (carpentry), and appears to know what he's doing.
"Whatever we do, it is what it is, and we do it." -the Grubs PC specs coming, soon's I get my new machine!
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/30 16:43:32
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If you're using your previous PC and just replacing the mobo, processor and video, you can do OK for $300. You may even be able to get into an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600.
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/30 21:58:48
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Well we're gonna find out. At any rate whatever I end up with will be of some standard that'll handle some work adequately. Thanks for the help guys.
"Whatever we do, it is what it is, and we do it." -the Grubs PC specs coming, soon's I get my new machine!
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/30 22:19:07
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Be sure to let us know how it turns out.
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Sloom
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RE: Building a Machine
2009/05/31 08:14:12
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"Whatever we do, it is what it is, and we do it." -the Grubs PC specs coming, soon's I get my new machine!
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