Not looking to spend ungodly amounts of money, for Crapple. What on the PC side would I need for a solid sound editor. Lower budget when available but not hindering holding it back from it's job. I was thinking something like a AMD 5350, but not sure if something better that some smartphones would be needed.
So what's your budget? I can't imagine sound editing needs much, you probably just want a decent amount of RAM though
More a software decision than hardware... Audio editing can/is accelerated by high end but unless your editing huge sound files, may sound layers/samples and applying many complex filters at the same time then there is not much need for a high end machine. Even if you are applying lots of complex filters you can still render them down onto a sample so your effects rack is empty and you can proceed with a processor freed for the rest of the effects you wish to add.
Machine recommended: i7 3.2Ghz+ 16GB ram 1TB SSD for editing multi layer sample projects locally (large sound files etc) but ssd is not essential. Graphics card, irrelevant, but can help if software is shit at rendering waveforms.
I'm assuming video editing, especially since @starglider1 has already covered audio editing
A CPU with hyper threading and a high clock frequency, 16gb of ram and a GTX/Quadro with a decent amount of cuda cores (I would recommend a quadro over GTX unless you want to play some games as well with this computer)
It's for a recording studio for my father, so no video editing.
Miss read that xD I thought sound meant decent in this situation not literally audio editing. My bad.
So what's your budget? and country?
'Murica, budget under 800$
Bunch of room left, Do you need a GPU for gaming? I mean you could get a PC for way cheaper to do the job, this is just CPU focused
This Xeon has an iGPU if you don't need a gaming GPU
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646e31246v3
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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $734.91
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AMD 8 core option, again no gaming GPU, throw in the 380 from above if you need it
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CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($116.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card ($27.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($38.47 @ OutletPC)
Total: $430.37
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Ok, the Xeon based one looks perfect. Minus the R9 380, I won't need it. This really helped alot.
It won't be needed for gaming, I have a (I think) really good gaming build. i5 6500, and r9 fury.
well wait then why do you need this second desktop? Sure you aren't better off with a laptop that has an i7 for around that price?
Also don't forget to replace it with the other Xeon that has graphics on it.
It is for my father, he wants to build one for his music studio.
I'm selfish...
Well the desktop will preform better than the laptop anyways
The idea is to skip the Tascan for recording, and record and edit on the computer.