KVR Audio

chuckmatt1 · Post by **chuckmatt1** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:45 am

NEED A GAMING/AUDIO RECORDING PC ON A $1000 BUDGET. AN ACTIVE GAMER AND ACCOMPLISHED ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYER THAT WILL BE USING PRO AUDIO RECORDING EQUIPMENT AFTER CHRISTMAS BUT ALSO NEEDS A GOOD GAMING PC THAT CAN ALSO HANDLE PROFESSIONAL AUDIO RECORDING. ANY SUGGESTIONS? THANKS

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:36 am

Well, any i5/i7 quad with at least 4 gig's of RAM with pro audio interface will do it, throw SSD too... I don't play games, so I don't know much about it, but I suspect it's higher demand than for audio, especially graphic card, but as far as audio goes, that's about it.

spirit · Post by **spirit** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:46 am

Maybe an i5 4690 or i5 4570
H97 mobo
8Gb DDR3 1600 RAM
R7 260 graphics or an R9 series - at least 2Gb
mid case around US$75
250Gb SSD
2Tb data drive

Should be around the $1K. May have to go for a 4570, a 1Tb data drive, more generic case etc. But you can't skimp on the CPU, RAM or graphics card.

edgenet · Post by **edgenet** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:53 am

I got mine for less than 800$:

i5, 8 gig of RAM, 1T SSHD and GTX 760 packed in. Enough for both great audio recording and gaming (Fallout 4 in high settings and 60fps here)

Scotty · Post by **Scotty** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:48 pm

Pick up a used i7 3930K system with 8 gigs of ram. That hexicore processor is still near the top of the heap.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:50 pm

chuckmatt1 wrote:NEED A GAMING/AUDIO RECORDING PC ON A $1000 BUDGET. AN ACTIVE GAMER AND ACCOMPLISHED ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYER THAT WILL BE USING PRO AUDIO RECORDING EQUIPMENT AFTER CHRISTMAS BUT ALSO NEEDS A GOOD GAMING PC THAT CAN ALSO HANDLE PROFESSIONAL AUDIO RECORDING. ANY SUGGESTIONS? THANKS

Yes. Please don't scream...

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:51 pm

edgenet wrote:I got mine for less than 800$:

i5, 8 gig of RAM, 1T SSHD and GTX 760 packed in. Enough for both great audio recording and gaming (Fallout 4 in high settings and 60fps here)

Hey, that's good to know. I have a similar Computer, maybe a little faster, and was wondering if it can run Fallout 4 well.

Already heard elsewhere that it should be pretty modest, nice.

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:54 pm

I just made a mini itx build as this:

i7 4790k $299
Nvdia Gtx 960 $189
Gigabyte z97n-wifi mobo $119
Evga supernova g2 550w PSU $89
Corsair obsidian 250d $84

Total $784 USD

You have 216 left for RAM and SSD as you see fit, and I picked good components.

Get an i7, they are great for music production.

DJBuddhaBear · Post by **DJBuddhaBear** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:47 pm

I picked up a used Thinkcentre m92p i7 for around $300.00. I added 16GB of memory for another $100.00. I added a 2TB 7200rpm HD for another $100.00. I then added a TI chipset firewire PCI-E card for about $50.00.

I am not gaming on this system so my GPU is only an AMD 7750 which is more than enough for my pro audio/video needs and cost me less than $75.00.

But my system came in at around $600.00 so with a budget of $1000.00, you have plenty of room for a kick ass video card, maxing out the memory to 32GB, and possibly getting a firewire audio interface depending upon how powerful of a gaming GPU you are desiring to buy.