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1,500 - new computer - suggestions?

Discussion in 'MASCHINE Area' started by brolance, Dec 19, 2012.

  1. vinceprice

    vinceprice NI Product Owner

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    MY PC IS A BEAST! OC'd to 4.8ghz with 16gb of ram. I grabbed an Acer 32 Inch HDTV. I like Gigabyte boards because you can make turn it into a hackintosh but I didn't yet because my RME Multiface has the PCI card and the Apple genius's don't support PCI anymore. When I feel like getting the PCI-E card I'll add OSX but I'm diggin Windows 7 64bit it's very stable. Make a restore disc! I can't stress this enough to my friends. I have TB Hard Drive just for backups. 1500 can build you a champion pc man.
     
  2. brolance

    brolance NI Product Owner

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    Thank you all again for the excellent advice. I should be purchasing some of the parts this week and I'll let you know how it goes. Peace!
     
  3. brolance

    brolance NI Product Owner

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    This is what I finally ended up ordering. I didn't go with every suggestion posted to the letter, but all the advice you gave was very helpful in my decision making and I sincerely appreciate the responses. I should have a screaming machine here. Thanks friends!

    Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) Quad Core Processor
    Coolermaster Hyper 212, 4 Copper Heat Pipes, Extra Quiet CPU fan
    Intel DX79TO, SLI & X-Fire, SATA3, USB 3.0, GB LAN, IEEE, HD Audio
    16GB (4x4GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Quad Channel (high performance memory)
    GeForce GT 620 1GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI
    Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 HDTV TV Tuner/ Video Recorder PCI w/ Remote
    256.0 GB SSD Crucial M4 Series Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 500MBs
    1000.0 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA3 6.0Gb/s 64m cache
    LG Blu-ray 12X Recorder,16x DVD Recorder SATA combo drive
    Realtek HD digital audio (onboard)
    Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
    Apevia X-Dreamer 3 Black & Blue. front USB, eSATA, LCD temp. display
    Apevia 700W Extra Quiet Power Supply SLI & X-fire ready

    I do some video editing and record things from news clips often so had to add a tuner and blue ray recorder. The final price was 1,700 but I'm sure it will suit me for years to come. Thanks Again!