Hello everyone, I'm looking at building a medium budget PC for music production and a small amount of gaming. The main DAW i will be using is ableton Live 8 which is only 32 bit (except the beta). It also does not support hyper-threading. The DAW its self does not require much power, but with a big use of plugins this causes issues with the CPU. I also use a firewire audio interface (m-audio 410), so i need a motherboard with firewire.
This is what i have come up with a build:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3470
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3
Storage: Intel 330 Series 120GB SSD (os and daw)
Western Digital WD Black 1TB WD1002FAEX (samples, plugins and games)
Graphics: Gigabyte Radeon HD7750 2GB Overclocked
Power: Antec VP550P 550W Power Supply
Case: CoolerMaster Elite 335U with 420W
Total : $873.00
If there are any recommendations for this system, that would be amazing, as i am looking for something that will handle the latency and CPU and not need to be upgraded for a while. Also if there are any cheaper options available, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
A.dirge