Pc build for Audio recording and mixing

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pit of help and suggestions from the community. Below is what I'm thinking for a pc desktop build for recording audio and mixing multiple channels. I have around a £1000.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/sqT4kd

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£294.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.00 @ PC World Business)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£134.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£119.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£48.73 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GT 1030 2 GB Silent Low Profile Video Card (£78.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£40.92 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.69 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter (£11.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £888.24

I have an outboard sound card focusrite 2i2 2nd

Any replacement parts which are of similar power and possibly cheaper are welcome. Thanks again
 
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Not really into audio work stations,but found this which gives a good perspective of what you need when using a pc for audio and what can "bottleneck" performance,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUsLLEkswzE
another guy also said that ssd performance was really important so a normal ssd is maybe already slowing down the audio work system.

With that in mind and the fact Intel seems just faster for this and also has an integrated gpu would i think that Intel is the better choice.

Something like this,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (£322.50 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler...
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Question from chrisf1985 : "Pc build for Audio recording and mixing"



 
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Multiple threads on one topic wont improves answer submissions, it'll only help in digging a dark tunnel of confusion. Let's stick to one thread, please.

Here is my submission,
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£249.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX X470-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard (£178.00 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£134.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£48.73 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 2 GB Video Card (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design - Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case (£63.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.69 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Total: £874.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-05 12:15 GMT+0000

I don't think you need a 2700x since you're only going to be producing music. In fact you could go even lower and have a couple of SSD's in there. I went for a smaller system since I apprciate less space used in a build. It also seemed unnecessary to have a big build with a single passively cooled GPU.
 
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The only reason for getting a higher end cpu was to make sure I have power for possible future upgrades and also audio uses fewer threads for some reason than video or gaming.
The gpu isn't high priority as I'm not gaming or video editing as long as it doesn't bottle neck the system
An component which is quiet is what matters.
I only didn't get a 3200 mhz ram as I've read that most systems won't hit 3000 mhz without over clocking, which I'm not intending to do.
 
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Ram is spec'd (now)at DDR4-2400MHz out of the box. Anything above that number means you will have to overclock. With Ryzen, the sweet spot is with 3200MHz on the ram. The X on the Ryzen only means you're going to overclock it, since you won't overclock the CPU(not that it'll give much for audio production) I dropped it down.

To note, you could look into another SSD. Perhaps have two cheaper higher capacity SSD's as opposed to one. While the HDD does serve as the larger backup for all your final content.
 
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Thanks for clarifying the ryzen thing. I see a lot of people going for the 2700x for Audio production, I don't know why then. What would an equivalent Intel cpu be?
Why is the sweet spot 3200?
Would one ssd be enough for the core programmes like window and then keep audio files and others on the Seagate?
 
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Not really into audio work stations,but found this which gives a good perspective of what you need when using a pc for audio and what can "bottleneck" performance,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUsLLEkswzE
another guy also said that ssd performance was really important so a normal ssd is maybe already slowing down the audio work system.

With that in mind and the fact Intel seems just faster for this and also has an integrated gpu would i think that Intel is the better choice.

Something like this,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (£322.50 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler (£31.00 @ AWD-IT)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z390 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£114.96 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£110.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£105.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.97 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design - Define S ATX Mid Tower Case (£73.00 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£85.01 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£93.18 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN822N USB 2.0 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter (£13.18 @ PC World Business)
Total: £1003.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 12:37 GMT+0000

did include W10 here,without are you in the ballpark you were before. Also can tone some things down when it comes to the build to make it less pricey. Used a pretty expensive psu for it's silent performance for instance. Cheaper,
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/jfs8TW/bitfenix-formula-gold-450w-80-gold-certified-atx-power-supply-bp-fm450ulag-7r
yes "just" 450watts,but is enough for that pc and even a gtx 1060/1070 if you wanted to add something like that.
Other way to get below £1000 is getting a tb hdd if that's enough storage for you.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/44Gj4D/seagate-barracuda-1tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm010

Might want to look at this wifi adapter since usb 3.0 and thus faster also supports the 5ghz band.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/xyX2FT/tp-link-archer-t4uh-none-wi-fi-adapter-archer-t4uh
or
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/bQ8Zxr/asus-wireless-network-card-pceac56
which still comes with an antenna that can be moved around for best performance.

Can't really say if 500gb for the ssd is enough looking at what your pc uses for software because i don't know the software,the one guy saying that the ssd might be the thing looking for regarding speed bottleneck suggested a 1000gb ssd,but he used software that already was bulky.
 
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That seems like a great build and great video link. The software shouldn't need a tb of ssd but I'll look for a deal.
The Samsung 500gb I've seen cheaper and the ram I may put up to 3200 mhz otherwise that's a great build and looks quiet
 
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Don't know with what you do you need a 1tb ssd,but do look at NVME ssd like that 970,they perform the fastest. Don't think you'll notice the difference between 3000mhz@cas15 and 3200mhz@cas16. If you get something in the same ballpark looking at price fine,but if it costs alot more do i not see the benefit.

Maybe other nice link since it looks at performance in audio,
http://www.scanproaudio.info/tag/dawbench/

Other cooler that might do wel and be quiet,
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Pf8H99/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rrh41213fkr1

 
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PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rrXvQZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rrXvQZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (£322.50 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler (£38.94 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI - Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£110.70 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£123.98 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£70.75 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GT 1030 2 GB Video Card (£86.86 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.98 @ PC World Business)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.62 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T4UH USB 3.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£28.07 @ Novatech)
Total: £972.39

This looks like my final build with maybe the case being altered.
The only other thing that could change is going for 3000 mhz ram with a lower cas of 15. Then the 3200 mhz with 16 cas
 
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You really don't need the gt1030 since the cpu has a build in graphics card. That money can be better used like for that NVME ssd.
Think the case i linked wil be more silent.Think the RMx will be even more silent.

Just my 2 cents. 😉
 
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The case I'm looking at wasn't on the list so picked something close to it.
Without a dedicated gpu I have heard there could be bottle necking with the processing? Don't know it that's true.
I'll read up what's the more silent psu.
 
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Don't see why,the dedicated gpu in the end also takes up resources from the cpu. With the igp baked in is that only quicker so imo less of a "bottleneck",where the gt 1030 would needs to be "talked to" via the pcie bus. But that's my understanding in this.
 
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