Hello,
I haven't built a PC in way too long, but I'm planning on building something soon. I'm looking to build something with pretty decent DAW capabilities and some light gaming. I'm primarily a guitar player, but also mess with keyboards and drums some.
I was thinking an i7 (not sure which), 16 gig of ram, 256 gig SSD and not sure what else. I have a couple of Line 6 devices I'll interface with it (HD500 and TonePort UX1). Not sure if I need to worry about dedicated sound or not these days. I think I'd be ok with current integrated graphics, but wouldn't mind some room to grow for advanced graphics capability down the road.
Here are my answers to the questions:
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
DAW, light gaming, basic home computing
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Approximately $750
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
No preference
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
*Win 7 Home Premium
*2TB 5400 RPM storage drive (can this be used for recording too or should I record to SSD?)
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Probably run at default
8. What resolution will you be using?
1920 x 1080 (using my current ASUS VW246H 24" LCD monitor)
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
*Not in a huge rush, but would like to do it soon
10. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
No
Thanks for your help!
I haven't built a PC in way too long, but I'm planning on building something soon. I'm looking to build something with pretty decent DAW capabilities and some light gaming. I'm primarily a guitar player, but also mess with keyboards and drums some.
I was thinking an i7 (not sure which), 16 gig of ram, 256 gig SSD and not sure what else. I have a couple of Line 6 devices I'll interface with it (HD500 and TonePort UX1). Not sure if I need to worry about dedicated sound or not these days. I think I'd be ok with current integrated graphics, but wouldn't mind some room to grow for advanced graphics capability down the road.
Here are my answers to the questions:
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
DAW, light gaming, basic home computing
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Approximately $750
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
No preference
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
*Win 7 Home Premium
*2TB 5400 RPM storage drive (can this be used for recording too or should I record to SSD?)
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Probably run at default
8. What resolution will you be using?
1920 x 1080 (using my current ASUS VW246H 24" LCD monitor)
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
*Not in a huge rush, but would like to do it soon
10. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
No
Thanks for your help!