I am thinking about building a PC oriented towards music production. My current desktop is 10 years old this month and is due to be replaced. Had been considering a Mac Studio but I am having second thoughts given the significant price difference and Apple’s expensive storage upgrades.

[https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Legonatic/saved/#view=q8MYXL](Link to list)

I use Ableton Live 10 for my DAW. I have a Scarlett 4i4 audio interface, so no need to add any sound card to the build.

Going for a microATX build to save on physical space. Will also likely add another case fan somewhere. No Windows 11 license listed but I intend to get one. GPU is more for any light video editing or Photoshop I might do, not planning to do much of any gaming.

Any suggestions for improvement on this part list or any thoughts in general?

  • @Smokeydope
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    1 year ago

    This is the equivalent of vlog youtuber buying a 1500$ Mac to do basic video editing. If your only goal is to do music production you don’t need these kinds of specs. A prebuilt 500$ ibuypowerpc would be more than enough. you can spend the 700$ on some nice equipment and professional software.

    Unless youre a hardcore video gamer or into super specialized tech like locally hosted AI or crypto mining you don’t need to spend more than a few hundred bucks with today’s modern hardware. 8gigs of ram, an amd processor, and a graphics card made in the last 10 years will service you just fine. As a music production person your biggest concern isn’t processing power but hardware fedelity. You want to spend the big bucks on your synth, cabling, production software and sound card if applicable. Also look into open source production programs if you find one that works for your needs you can save bucks that way too.

    • Name is Optional
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      11 year ago

      So, the MSI GTX 1650 4Gb is what hardcore gamers are using these days?

      • @Smokeydope
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        01 year ago

        I doubt it, hardcore gamers are probably dropping a five grand on the newest 6969 TI special mountain dew edition nvidia card with 8 terrabytes of ram

        • Beefalo
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          21 year ago

          Naw, Gamer’s Nexus reviewed that and called it a “waste of sand”, the RX420XX18GB is the shit to have these days