Build a PC for Music Editing

[ichung]

Hi

I want to build a PC for Music Editing. Would anyone give some comments on the following configurations, thanks

- ASUS Z97-K Z97,DDR3,LGA 1150,USB3.0,SATA3 6Gb/s ATX M/B
- Intel 4C8T Core i7-4790K Haswell Refresh (4GHz,8M Cache,LGA 1150,22nm,Overclock unlock) CPU BOX
- Cooler Master Hyper 212X CPU Fan (RR-212X-20PM-R1)
- Kingston DDR3 1600MHz 8GB (1x8GB) SODIMM KVR16S11/8 1.5V (x2)
- Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" SATA 3 6Gb/s SSD (SV300S37A/240G) 7mm
- WD Green WD20EZRX 2TB SATA3 6Gb/s /64MB HDD
- Asus DRW-24D3ST/BLK/B/AS 24X DVD Writer /SATA
- Cooler Master GXII PRO 550W 80Plus Bronze (RS-550-ACAA-B1)
- COOLER MASTER SIL-452-KKN1 Silencio 452 (USB3.0)

I have an external audio box for sound processing. Therefore, no additional sound card is required.

Comments are appreciated.

 

[TheNoobMerchant]

What software do you use? (e.g. Reason, FL, Hypersonic, Massive etc.) If this is purely for production then your most important parts are your CPU and RAM.

I would recommend getting 2x4GB sticks, unless you plan on getting 32GB installed for some reason. When paired, 2x4GB works better than 1x8GB, and seeing as you have 4 x DIMM you can go up to 16GB; which is probably the most you're going to need for the work that you do on it.

 

[ichung]

What software do you use? (e.g. Reason, FL, Hypersonic, Massive etc.) If this is purely for production then your most important parts are your CPU and RAM.

I would recommend getting 2x4GB sticks, unless you plan on getting 32GB installed for some reason. When paired, 2x4GB works better than 1x8GB, and seeing as you have 4 x DIMM you can go up to 16GB; which is probably the most you're going to need for the work that you do on it.

Thanks
I use Cubase 8.

 

[mdocod]

The RS-550-ACAA-B1 would not be my first choice in PSU.

The V300 is a bait-n-switch product with terrible performance.

WD green is good for storage, but not performance. Assuming you need a drive to store samples and such, use a performance class mechanical drive like a WD SE/RE/BLACK series or Seagate Constellation series.

If the budget has more room, go with a 2011-3 socket build instead. 6+ cores. The 5820K is a great value CPU for this type of work. Better still would be something like an E5-2697 V3 on a C612 chipset motherboard, but that's a whole different class of workstation ($2700 CPU).