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Sometimes the research can be a little of a pain but overall it's not that bad. The hardest part as mentioned is installing the heatsink on the processor.the rest is pretty straightforward. If you can read instructions and come to places like here if you have questions you can build a computer yourself. I tried the build-your-own computer thing myself (1st time doing it too) here recently and I couldn't be happier. PS Anybody want to buy an old Gateway case with a noisy 200W PSU? So in conclusion I'd pick out the exact components you want, and go with the local shop route if you can't assemble yourself. I use it because it requires no fan, which keeps the system quieter. Having said that, I use an old video card, doesn't have very good graphics by modern standards, but who cares? It's a DAW, not a games box. You will usually be OK getting a stock system if you specify no soundcard and swap in your own. The other stuff-harddrives, soundcards, videocards, etc. You won't get one of these in a standard box. There are a couple of brands that are specifically designed to be as quiet as possible.
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You might consider getting a rackmount case, very handy for keeping cable runs short or for making a portable studio. Or you might not have enough room to add all the harddrives and CD drives, etc. If you don't, you might find that you end up with a mini motherboard that only has 4 slots.
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It may be, but at a minimum, you'll want to get the full tower case. You'll want to consider whether the standard case is sufficient. Still, the particular demands of recording have me in the process of making major changes.įirst, the case. This system started life as a Gateway, which I have no objection to. It is laying in pieces all over my family room motherboard on a bookshelf, soundcards on the mantle, harddrives and CD drives in a stack. And if it's not there to even fiddle with, have patients and hope customer service is in fact there.Īs I write this, my studio box is, well, it isn't a box anymore. Often you'll end up in there, at least once to disable or enable something.
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Wanting a serious and fully operational home development PC (audio recording, video editing). And while most people can do just fine and dandy like that. they sometimes (pretty much all production lines from dell/gateway these days) in their computer put only a limited bios, and OS install. Everything else is pie.Īnother thing about the Dell, Gateway, etc. Motherboard/heatsink installations is the most difficult part about building a computer. And you can hand pick the very easy installation components and get great deals for great quality. Or at least get a bare-bones unit so the more difficult components will already be assembled. Or better yet, build the computer yourself. Go to sites that are known but also small production where you can select each component. Because any system running ME is high risk for many complications.Īnyone would be much better getting a pre-built computer from a smaller known company, know people that have had good experiance with assembled computers. This is the place Dell takes a dive from experiance, but then again.all those laptops that had problems from Dell were running ME, so I can't really place that all in Dell's lap. But that's just a marketing thing there as to why Gateway had the that lead.Īs far as lap tops/notebooks go, that's a different case. Though dell hasn't been out front the gate and leading as much as Gateway did over those years. While I've actually heard people praise Dell computers. But over the last 5-6 years, I can't recall too many Gateway computers that have been decent, I've heard hardly any praises for gateway from people I know, nor computers I have personally been on.