chuckebaby



but if you want absolute quality,jim is a great builder from everything ive heard.

So is Scott and I know from personal experience. I happen to own three perfectly working computers from ADK :)

alexoosthoek

chuckebaby



but if you want absolute quality,jim is a great builder from everything ive heard.

So is Scott and I know from personal experience. I happen to own three perfectly working computers from ADK :)

okay..scott too.
Sorry alex,if i knew a little more about him i would have mentioned him as well.
im sure he's a great builder.  
 

I just bought a new system and the SSD seems to be the biggest improvement. Finally I'm not waiting for X2 to load. I strongly recommend you put a SSD into your budget plans. My personal choice was an Intel 240 gig for the OS (win 7) and Sonar.

+1 for the SSD.

I have just built my own DAW, following Chucks video's, and an SSD was top of the list after the Mobo & CPU.  From the moment I press the power button to the Windows 7 desktop appearing and being usable is less than 40 seconds!

As you can imagine, X2 producer boots up just as quick!

LordElpus


+1 for the SSD.

I have just built my own DAW, following Chucks video's, and an SSD was top of the list after the Mobo & CPU.  From the moment I press the power button to the Windows 7 desktop appearing and being usable is less than 40 seconds!

As you can imagine, X2 producer boots up just as quick!

 
Big thanks for the props LordELpus,  :)
 
if my videos helped you out im very happy.
They are ment to be easy and understandable
as is my book.
 
i agree with you on the SSD,what a difference it makes.
 
there is something to be said about building your own DAW,which you have done.
you get the feeling you know the in's and out's and trouble shooting seems that much easier.
 
This month alone ive built 4 DAW's,each one was under 500.00(No SSD though)
more and more im having customers bring in their old hard drives and asking me to incorperate them in to their builds as a library back up.
 
ive also noted alot of sonar users having great results with AMD's CPU's
including myself.

Remember you probably won't get Mike Dell on thr phone....

 
Yes, but you can get a guy named Peggy from India... what's the problem?
 
J

Hi chuckebaby
Great to hear that your able to build a sensible pc on a reasonable budget.
Impressive.
Many folks get all superior with their pc specs, and many will not share their pc knowlege so readily, they make a big deal about a charge for their 'consultation time' etc.
You are showing that we can do ok, and you don't mind telling us exactly how to go about it. I like it. This is a user forum after all, not a place to fish for customers.

Your videos on you tube, although basic, are very well put together and informative, enabling the novice builder to have the confidence to go ahead and build!
I recently rebuilt my pc, using existing hard drives, video card, case, psu.
I bought new cpu, fan, ram, ssd os drive, and mobo.

My parts added:
Asus Pz877
Ivy bridge i3770k and extra hi spec fan
16gig ddr3 RAM
128gig  samsung SSD
Focusrite saffire pro24dsp

Works well.
Running X2a producer

chuckebaby

LordElpus


+1 for the SSD.

I have just built my own DAW, following Chucks video's, and an SSD was top of the list after the Mobo & CPU.  From the moment I press the power button to the Windows 7 desktop appearing and being usable is less than 40 seconds!

As you can imagine, X2 producer boots up just as quick!

 
Big thanks for the props LordELpus,  :)
 
if my videos helped you out im very happy.
They are ment to be easy and understandable
as is my book.
 
i agree with you on the SSD,what a difference it makes.
 
there is something to be said about building your own DAW,which you have done.
you get the feeling you know the in's and out's and trouble shooting seems that much easier.
 
This month alone ive built 4 DAW's,each one was under 500.00(No SSD though)
more and more im having customers bring in their old hard drives and asking me to incorperate them in to their builds as a library back up.
 
ive also noted alot of sonar users having great results with AMD's CPU's
including myself.

The videos gave me the confidence to have a go.  I had built & soldered my own stuff many years ago so I was aware that the only thing I could do wrong was to be too 'enthusiastic' and to avoid static.


I have to say I am stunned by the SSD.  I knew how everyone was saying how good they were, but it surpassed my expectations.  My only regret was that I couldn't stump up for a bigger one, but maybe next year! :-)


You are right about a self-build. Each time I fire up the PC I say to myself " I built (assembled) this!!"  I never dreamed I would build one, especially at my age.  I'm not old, but the worst thing was having to put on and take off my glasses so often :-)


I am very pleased with my DAW.  I am no professional so for me a really 'top of the line' DAW was not necessary, nor did I have the money.  From what I can tell this one should last me out!!


Gary

chuckebaby

alexoosthoek

chuckebaby



but if you want absolute quality,jim is a great builder from everything ive heard.

So is Scott and I know from personal experience. I happen to own three perfectly working computers from ADK :)

okay..scott too.
Sorry alex,if i knew a little more about him i would have mentioned him as well.
im sure he's a great builder.  
 

No need to say sorry Charlie, just trying to keep the score even :)

If you want a professionally built computer, go for it! You'll pay, of course, but you'll get what you pay for.
 
there's a tendancy for people like me to compare my computer to this one or that one....worry about Intel/AMD, and suddenly my musicmaking takes a detour into computer design, and fretting over a system build/ cost vs benefit....
 
and all of the sudden I've spent time fretting instead of making music!
 
For me, I just want a computer that's reliable, and has enough umph to do what I want it to do so I can make music.
 
If you are now using a laptop, then chances are your HD is 5400 speed, which is slow, so no matter what you do, if you build a dedicated tower computer, it's going to smoke what you have now.
 
Here's my way of thinking: I want a computer that runs fast  and will do what I want it to do with my music....bottom line.
 
I know that no matter how fast the computer is, if I have anti-virus programs on it, and am doing my e-mail and internet and using it for everything....the computer will be bogged down, the hard drive will be filled with stuff that boggs it down.
 
so no matter what computer I get, if I can dedicate it for music making, it will run it's best.
 
My pockets really aren't very deep, and my music income doesn't seem to cover my musical investments, so now I need TWO computers. One for the household, where the family uses it for everything, and one set aside for music.
 
So I need an affordable computer that is respectably fast - fast enough to do everything I throw at it.
 
My last build was about two years ago:
 
AMD Phenome II 3.4Ghz six-core
8G ram
SATA III -  i just dropped an SSD in there for a system drive (amazing!)
Windows 7 x64
sata III drives for recording and for virtual instruments
 
it is stable, works well. Does everything i ask of it.
 
the SSD performance boost was incredible. Make sure you are using AHCI mode on the drives, and remember to buy more space on it than you need because you lose 10% of the storage space when formatting the drive.
 
because I only have windows and music applications on there, the system drive is very clean and sleek. Only have about 100 Gigs on that system drive. I could've gotten by with a 120G drive, but I ended up getting a 240G just to be safe - on newegg for $180. I bought an Intel SSD because of the high ratings. I really value having a stable system.
 
so I have an Intel SSD, installed in an AMD system. interesting, huh?  They seem to be getting along with each other very well. :)
 
By the way, Rain did have an AMD system, last time i looked. that was a while ago.