Building your own music pc????

[ampassasinbirmingham]

completeley from scratch. i can stretch my budget. Id rather something thats going to last and i need something that will handle a lot of vsts etc. I need a fairly quiet case (although i dont need to go over the top on spending on this) and a lot of ram. If you could tell me a good budget option and the best options i can decide from that.

I was going to buy two of these for screens

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acer-AL2216Ws-...QQcmdZViewItem

[nigel1210]

When i build a pc i normally do a list of all the components i need. Then fill in the blanks of what components i have got in mind, then tweak the list looking for reviews of products, opinions etc.

Might be better going with one screen with a higher res, rather than 2 but depends how you like your screen layout.

New build pc list:

Cpu:
Ram:
Motherboard:
Case:
Optical Drive:
Hdd:
Graphics:
Soundcard:
Screen/s

Have you got any components in mind so far?

Tell me to stop if i'm going into to much detail lol!

[ampassasinbirmingham]

No that’s perfect. Well before I can fill in that information I need to choose. I need a case that allows me room to expand (and preferably one with some noise control). Im not sure what motherboard to get! Once I know that maybe I can decide on other components. U got any ideas on whats good for music? Should I be going dual core? Can xp run dual core apps? Sorry if I sound a novice, but ive been using macs for about 4 years now, so any help would be appreciated.

[dan the acid man]

dual or quad core are both great, if going dual core make sure its a core 2 duo.

Any decent sized tower case will let you expand with ease, i've always liked coolermaster cases.

Not sure on whats hot or not regarding cpu, ram and motherboards these days, will have a look around.

as for hard drives, i prefer samsung ones these days, make sure its sata.

Don't forget you need a decent psu too, i've got a seasonic one which is excellent, tagan is also a good manufacturer of psu.

[nigel1210]

dual or quad core are both great, if going dual core make sure its a core 2 duo.

Any decent sized tower case will let you expand with ease, i've always liked coolermaster cases.

Not sure on whats hot or not regarding cpu, ram and motherboards these days, will have a look around.

as for hard drives, i prefer samsung ones these days, make sure its sata.

Don't forget you need a decent psu too, i've got a seasonic one which is excellent, tagan is also a good manufacturer of psu.

yeah forgot about the psu lol. yeah as dan said there good psu's or current favourite corsair.

doubt you'll notice that much differnce with quad core becuase alot of apps don't support it yet, but if you want to future proof is ideal.