Building PC

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:19 pm

As the title explains im looking at building a new pc...Now this comp is going to be specifically to write tunes. There are only a few things im after atm...im looking at spending as close to a grand and a half as possible,2 grand at max.

Atm i know for sure i wanna have 2 monitors,Intel Dual core and a swanky case as loud fans drive me spaz...

Any list of parts and price would be genius.

Smile on Impact · Post by **Smile on Impact** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:02 am

Seagate 250GB HDD are about $99 now which is pretty good value.
I assume you'll want to go bigger than than.
either way. get 2 drives. run your programs off one and work off the other. Much faster.

that's all i got.

same o · Post by **same o** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:09 am

leejay83 wrote:As the title explains im looking at building a new pc...Now this comp is going to be specifically to write tunes. There are only a few things im after atm...im looking at spending as close to a grand and a half as possible,2 grand at max.

Atm i know for sure i wanna have 2 monitors,Intel Dual core and a swanky case as loud fans drive me spaz...

Any list of parts and price would be genius.

Talk to scholtzy tonight if u come to rollin deep,
he knows his shit, and i think he spent around the same.

Post by **fooishbar** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:21 am

jbs can sell you a niagra.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:47 am

Antec P180, P180b or P182 case file cool and quiet operation.

Post by **huge** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:54 am

i dont know much about computers.

Post by **fooishbar** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:02 pm

stop all the downloadin!

Post by **huge** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:31 pm

lewl lewl

get:

CPU:
Q6600 - 270
or
E6750 - 230

MOBO:
GA-P35-DS3P - 160

RAM:
2GB PC6400 DDR2-800 - 90

HDD:
Western Digital 750G - 190

CASE:
Antec P182 - 190
or
Antec Solo - 120

GFX:
whatever you want really as you wont be gaming, just make sure it was dual DVI which most do these days.

whats left?? oh yeah sound. that is obv a big issue in a DAW. how much you spending??

what that come to so far? $900 with no gfx or sound yet. or lcd. you will be spending around $500 for two 22" lcd's

lookin good lol.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:40 pm

Niagara you say?

johnnynostars · Post by **johnnynostars** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:05 pm

Check today's Green Guide in The Age. They did their quarterly guide/price check for building a "workhorse PC."
Came in at about $950.

a1studmuffin · Post by **a1studmuffin** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:33 pm

Listen to huge, the man knows his stuff

As for the video card, I picked up a brand new one with a heatsink instead of a fan (extra quiet) for just over 100. It won't handle games very well, but I never use it for that anyway and I like the 0dB aspect of it a lot.

tactik · Post by **tactik** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:31 pm

Here's what I gleaned and learned after building mine, which is =
e6750,
2GB DDR2,
P35-DS3P mobo,
Samsung SpinPoint HDDs,
Tuniq Tower HS,
Nexus RealSilent 120mm fans,
Geforce 8500GT w/ dedicated DDR2 (passively cooled version (ie: heatsink instead of fan))
Samsung 205BW LCD

I have never even come close to maxing out this thing and with the fans on their lowest settings a couple of little diagnostic progs tell me that the CPU temps don't ever seem to go over 37-38 degrees unless it's a forty degree day and I've been making tunes with my amps on the whole time.

- Samsung Spinpoint HDDs are quiet
- Antec Solo is a simple, solid and quiet case though you could swap out the case fan for a Nexus (see below) if the fancy takes you.
- Nexus Real Silent fans are good, use them.
- Tuniq Tower heatsink is huge, efficient and fits into the Antec Solo case (I can run my system with basically ALL of the fans switched off because it's so good).. You can also replace it's stock 120mm fan with a Nexus and if you want to replace the Antec case-fan, be sure to install the new one BEFORE installing the Tuniq as you really don't want to be fucking around removing and reinstalling that thing too many times.
-as A1 said above, get a GFX card without a fan... and get one with dedicated memory so that it never "shares" (read: fucks with) your system RAM.
-as for monitors.. I *think* nothing has changed so;
Most of the cheapies come with a 3-7 dead/bright pixel 12month warranty.
I didn't want any of that bollocks and wanted to know I was covered for a while so I spent the extra and got Samsung; Zero Dead/Bright Pixel warranty for 3years and a quality screen.

I decided against a 22" monitor because it's only an arms reach away from me and I wanted crisp detail (ie: smaller pixels); If you're going to have it further away from you then you'd want a larger one.
AFAIK the 22" monitors don't normally have a higher resolution... they fit basically the same amount of stuff onto the screen as a 19-21", they just use bigger pixels. So if you have it close enough to touch then you'll be looking at slightly blocky, pixelated love.

Buy a static electricity wrist-strap and some good HS gloop (Arctic Silver, etc).

ps: to buy a similar set-up to mine would cost you $1200-1400 if you spent the time lovin staticice.com.au and then calling the ubiquitous South-Eastern suburb-based computer shops.

>>This has been another rambling post from.. Me!<<

Good Luck.

Post by **huge** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:54 pm

you bought an anti static strap!? hehehe.

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:33 pm

huge wrote:lewl lewl

get:

CPU:
Q6600 - 270
or
E6750 - 230

MOBO:
GA-P35-DS3P - 160

RAM:
2GB PC6400 DDR2-800 - 90

HDD:
Western Digital 750G - 190

CASE:
Antec P182 - 190
or
Antec Solo - 120

GFX:
whatever you want really as you wont be gaming, just make sure it was dual DVI which most do these days.

whats left?? oh yeah sound. that is obv a big issue in a DAW. how much you spending??

what that come to so far? $900 with no gfx or sound yet. or lcd. you will be spending around $500 for two 22" lcd's

lookin good lol.

sounds pretty good atm...ive got a geforce 6600gt sitting around at home so thats 1 less gfx card.sound card is obviously something i wanna spend some cash on...but something which is confusing me is whats the pros/cons of having internal soundcard or external.

Lephrenic · Post by **Lephrenic** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:11 am

huge wrote:you bought an anti static strap!? hehehe.

I've got anti-static socks.

So sick of getting shocks at work.

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:29 am

where u getting these prices too hugh?the place im looking is like an extra tenner on everything

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:43 am

http://www.cpl.net.au is good

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:58 pm

thats where i was looking...at least 10 dollars extra for most of the bits

Post by **huge** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:19 pm

www.staticice.com.au

Post by **huge** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:19 pm

www.itestate.com.au

usually fairly close to MSY but they deliver.

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:08 pm

get on msn when u can.ill hound u on there

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:43 pm

just got the motherboard today.think it will work out good if i get a couple of bits at a time...cpu,ram and HD next.

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 1:15 pm

got the rest of the computer now,but im a tard and cant connect the plugs into the motherboard propperly.like the ones which are for the on/off and reset button

Post by **huge** » Fri May 02, 2008 2:41 pm

that is the worst part i reckon. getting around the right way lol.

there will be a little arrow on the plug pointing to one of the holes, this is the + so you can get it right that way, just hard to see rly.

you'll know you got it right if it turns on!

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 2:51 pm

yah.putting the computer together wasnt frustrating.getting the fucker to turn on is a total bastard. im almost tempted to take it to a computer service place to get em to finish it off.

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:33 pm

if i had no trouble reading the manual i wouldnt go on here

i may just plug them all in a random order till power comes on

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:39 pm

motherboard

GA-P35-DS3P

case

antec Solo

Post by **huge** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:41 pm

you can do it lol.

if you take it to a computer guy it'll be funny. huhuh

just look at them! as steve said, can only go two ways.

so yer, what mobo?? GB?? they all look kinda like this now.

can blatently see the + and - signs, the pins on the case will have + and - clearly marked (kinda)

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:43 pm

i dunno what ur looking at.but i dont see and + or -

especially when the fuckers are in the case

after close inspection...i see them

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:50 pm

i just did to a very similar motherboard. had the same connections down the front. The wire pairs should all have one colour in common, and that is the negative. Prolly white for negative? Also on the plug should be a little arrow, thats positive.

that red pair is your power and the positive is on the left, so you will probably have to turn the plugs upside down to get positive on the right. REset is the dark green one underneath it. Blue is hard drive indicator, not sure about the other one cant remember. All the plugs will end up the same way around.

Post by **huge** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:51 pm

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:59 pm

thank you guys....starting to make sense now...i got a feeling i probably just had the negative the wrong way round therfore getting nout.

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:06 pm

i gotta be honest.that pic confused the fuck out of me...but after flippo and huge's explanation ill suss it out at home

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:08 pm

ac23 wrote:i just got a copy of todd edwards - restless soul

big

boy

riddddem

I just a copy of Sound Of One-As I Am-Todd Rmx

farrrking hell

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:21 pm

garage mash up u slag

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:25 pm

ill be there

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:55 pm

huge wrote:i dont know much about computers.

other than the one my mum bought me, she put some games on it

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:40 pm

ac23 wrote:wicked!

i just got liqud - sweet harmony from the mail man

myyyyy gosh

hangs in the air and neck some rhubarb n custards
... whos cummin up ha ha ha!!!

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:21 pm

ac23 wrote:wicked!

i just got liqud - sweet harmony from the mail man

myyyyy gosh

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