Re: Recommendation?
- From: straightnut <ck747sf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:20:46 -0800 (PST)
On Dec 6, 9:42 pm, "Steve Byers" <sb...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a ProTools LE 7.4 rack factory with a focusrite 428 preamp. I am
trying to scrounge some money to purchase a new PC. I am having troubles
locating one because of cost and secondly, meeting the requirements as
specified on Digidesign's site under approved hardware for computers. The
easiest but more costly solution is to buy a computer that is designed and
tweaked for protools operation like the XPC, but at 3 times the cost of
building my own. I have narrowed down my search to Future shop and a
private dealer in Ottawa, however I am open to any other recommended
suppliers or other suggestions?
I will be using the standard pluggins that come with protools LE factory 7.4
S/W. I have a nice set of KRK V8's waiting to be used. My biggest slowdown
in getting my system working is cost.
Before this my system was very low end, Cubase SX 3.0 and a delta audio card
(http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile2496-main.html) and
behringer 8 ch mixing brd. I've basically given up on this system and am
focusing on fixing up my room in my basement. It's all a costly and time
consuming venture.
S. Byers
I was recently in the same boat. If you search for the thread in this
newsgroup entitled "PC Building Tips?" you'll see what I just went
through and all of the advice I got. I had originally planned to build
a PC myself, but eventually realized that for about a 15% markup I
could get one custom made, burned in and tested, with a warranty and
lifetime tech support from a dealer who gets excellent reviews on
resellerratings.com named AVA Direct. If you read the thread you'll
see that before going with this company I went with an unscrupulous
one named pcusa.com and had to return the PC with a whole lot of fuss.
But I'm happy with the PC I just got. I have to say that it came with
a case that was slightly scratched on the top and a missing screw that
should have held down the graphics card(which I didn't pay for and
apparently they just threw in for some reason.)
None of the custom places that I've searched for have every part you
may want offered in their configurators, but they seem to have enough
to choose from I think.
If I knew all of the ins and outs of building PCs I would have built
my own, but I kind of like the added assurance of a reputable builder
warrantying it.
If you want to know what I ended up putting in my PC which cost about
$1230 US, here it is:
Intel Q6600 Quad Core G0 stepping processor
2 Seagate 250G 7200 SATA II 16MB cacheBarracuda Drives
2G Kingston DDR2 HyperX Memory
Intel D975xbx2kr motherboard
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Lite-On DVD burner with lightscribe
Windows XP Pro
Antec Sonata Designer Case with 500 watt Earthwatts power supply
Dell's small business branch has some awesome deals for a third of
that price. I've bought from them in the past by making up a business
name. If you need a flat panel monitor as well, check out this deal
for $499 with free shipping:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=04&kc=65029&oc=brpc2ff&x=6&y=6
The power supplies in these are only 250 Watts I believe, but someone
showed me this site, http://www.xpcgear.com/dellpsu.html, which has
larger power supplies that are made to fit certain Dells.
Hope this all helps.
Jeff
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