an ultimate sound computera

venik · 11-29-2006, 12:58 AM

hey my boss gave me the job of making him the ultimate sound compter, i cant spend more than $2300 though, so what do you guys suggest? as far as the entire computer not just the soundcard and he wants headphones not speakers. thanks guys

JamesBart · 11-29-2006, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by venik

hey my boss gave me the job of making him the ultimate sound compter, i cant spend more than $2300 though, so what do you guys suggest? as far as the entire computer not just the soundcard and he wants headphones not speakers. thanks guys

is it just music or video? is it video or music production?

liquidshadow · 11-29-2006, 01:55 AM

Core 2 E6600 $312
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 $200
Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2-800 $300
Samsung SpinPoint T Series 500GB $150
Creative X-Fi Elite $280
Thermaltake 700W W0106RU PSU $155
eVGA 8800GTS $460
Sennheiser HD 650 Audiophile Headphones $250

$2107
A lot of room left to pick a case, drives, and such.

holyjunk · 11-29-2006, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by liquidshadow

Core 2 E6600 $312
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 $200
Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2-800 $300
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB $220 I assumed he didn't need much space because it would be mostly music.
Creative X-Fi Xtremegame Fatal1ty Professional $125
Thermaltake 700W W0106RU PSU $155
eVGA 8800GTS $460
Sennheiser HD 650 Audiophile Headphones $250

$2022
A lot of room left to pick a case, drives, and such. If there's enough money left, you could upgrade to a 8800GTX.

Noticed he said Ultimate Sound Computer! I would go with this.
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Sound.../dp/B000BFHWX2
*****His he doing gaming? If not go something low end.
Also, if he is storing lots of music why not go with something way high capacity?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822147007

liquidshadow · 11-29-2006, 03:07 AM

You saying that he needs 500GB for music?
Also, the elite and the one i chose are the same cards except the fatal1ty one has X-RAM. I added that just in case the guy wanted to game. The Elite is not a better card in any way...
Another reason why I didn't add the elite was because he said they wanted to use headphones. Why would you need an external I/O box for headphones?

holyjunk · 11-29-2006, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by liquidshadow

You saying that he needs 500GB for music?
Also, the elite and the one i chose are the same cards except the fatal1ty one has X-RAM. I added that just in case the guy wanted to game. The Elite is not a better card in any way...
Another reason why I didn't add the elite was because he said they wanted to use headphones. Why would you need an external I/O box for headphones?

You wouldn't think he would but he might. He might also want some other things on there but he hasn't specified so let's see what else he says.
***The Elite has X-Ram to be exact 64mb of it. Also, it has 116dB SNR compared to that of the Fatal1ty's 109db. Also, he said ultimate sound computer. That taking into consideration he might also want to do other stuff besides just using his headphones.

diduknowthat · 11-29-2006, 03:50 AM

lol does it really take a raptor to listen to music? I agree with holyjunk, get a huge harddrive, who knows, he might want to watch movies too.

liquidshadow · 11-29-2006, 03:53 AM

Alright, points taken. I will edit.

fade2green514 · 11-29-2006, 04:44 AM

http://www.provantage.com/zalman-zm-rs6f~7ZALM002.htm
best headphones^
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mul...lman-head.html
best sound card^

**Archangel** · 11-29-2006, 09:04 AM

get a cheap grafic's card (a X1300 on PCI-e would do)
a Core2Duo E6400 would be good enough for sound also (plenty of power left too =] ) 2Gb DDR2 RAM (667MHz), a decent motherboard LGA775 C2D compartible ofcourse

, and maybe 4 500Gb harddiskes in RAID 0 (to make the seeking time shorter, ofcourse you can use smaller Hard-disk's.. 2Terabyte may be a bit much indeed..

)
as for the power supply.. (yes, I'm doing it again

) I can only reccomend the Corsair PSU's. I think the HX520W would be more than enough for this pc. ( these PSU's actually use industrial grade components, wich makes them really durable,.. not to mention they have a 5year manufacturer warranty

)

the X-Fi soundcards are good,.. but look what sort of audio output's does the pc need? ( I can immagine you would like Coaxial digital out and optical output.

11-29-2006, 12:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
venik New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1	an ultimate sound computera hey my boss gave me the job of making him the ultimate sound compter, i cant spend more than $2300 though, so what do you guys suggest? as far as the entire computer not just the soundcard and he wants headphones not speakers. thanks guys

11-29-2006, 01:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
liquidshadow Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 1,030	Core 2 E6600 $312 Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 $200 Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2-800 $300 Samsung SpinPoint T Series 500GB $150 Creative X-Fi Elite $280 Thermaltake 700W W0106RU PSU $155 eVGA 8800GTS $460 Sennheiser HD 650 Audiophile Headphones $250 $2107 A lot of room left to pick a case, drives, and such. __________________ Intel Q6600 \| D-Tek Fuzion Block Asus P5K Deluxe \| Swiftech MCR320 Rad G-Skill 4GB \| Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Res WD Raptor 150 \| EK FC8800 GTX Block Seagate 320GB \| 3 * Yate Loon DM12SL Samsung S182 \| Swiftech MCP655 Pump Coolmax 700W Antec P180b BUY MY STuff: http://www.computerforum.com/80556-comp.html Last edited by liquidshadow; 11-29-2006 at 03:58 AM.

11-29-2006, 03:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
liquidshadow Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 1,030	You saying that he needs 500GB for music? Also, the elite and the one i chose are the same cards except the fatal1ty one has X-RAM. I added that just in case the guy wanted to game. The Elite is not a better card in any way... Another reason why I didn't add the elite was because he said they wanted to use headphones. Why would you need an external I/O box for headphones? __________________ Intel Q6600 \| D-Tek Fuzion Block Asus P5K Deluxe \| Swiftech MCR320 Rad G-Skill 4GB \| Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Res WD Raptor 150 \| EK FC8800 GTX Block Seagate 320GB \| 3 * Yate Loon DM12SL Samsung S182 \| Swiftech MCP655 Pump Coolmax 700W Antec P180b BUY MY STuff: http://www.computerforum.com/80556-comp.html

11-29-2006, 03:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 17 Posts: 6,359	lol does it really take a raptor to listen to music? I agree with holyjunk, get a huge harddrive, who knows, he might want to watch movies too. __________________ Silent Tuned \| 3D Marks 06: 11566 Q6600 2.4ghz CPU \| Gigabyte GA-P35 LGA 775 MB EVGA 8800gt 512mb Video Card G.Skill 4GB Ram \| Western Digital 400GB HD X-Fi Xtrememusic Sound Card Antec P180B Case \| Scythe Ninja HSF CM Real Power Pro 650watt PSU

11-29-2006, 03:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
liquidshadow Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 1,030	Alright, points taken. I will edit. __________________ Intel Q6600 \| D-Tek Fuzion Block Asus P5K Deluxe \| Swiftech MCR320 Rad G-Skill 4GB \| Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Res WD Raptor 150 \| EK FC8800 GTX Block Seagate 320GB \| 3 * Yate Loon DM12SL Samsung S182 \| Swiftech MCP655 Pump Coolmax 700W Antec P180b BUY MY STuff: http://www.computerforum.com/80556-comp.html

11-29-2006, 04:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,465	http://www.provantage.com/zalman-zm-rs6f~7ZALM002.htm best headphones^ http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mul...lman-head.html best sound card^ __________________ Core 2 Q6600 @ 3016mhz Radeon HD 4850 512mb 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-835 2x80gb WD 8mb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 12,936 - 3dmark06 score Last edited by fade2green514; 11-29-2006 at 04:48 AM.

11-29-2006, 09:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 7,919	get a cheap grafic's card (a X1300 on PCI-e would do) a Core2Duo E6400 would be good enough for sound also (plenty of power left too =] ) 2Gb DDR2 RAM (667MHz), a decent motherboard LGA775 C2D compartible ofcourse , and maybe 4 500Gb harddiskes in RAID 0 (to make the seeking time shorter, ofcourse you can use smaller Hard-disk's.. 2Terabyte may be a bit much indeed.. ) as for the power supply.. (yes, I'm doing it again ) I can only reccomend the Corsair PSU's. I think the HX520W would be more than enough for this pc. ( these PSU's actually use industrial grade components, wich makes them really durable,.. not to mention they have a 5year manufacturer warranty ) the X-Fi soundcards are good,.. but look what sort of audio output's does the pc need? ( I can immagine you would like Coaxial digital out and optical output. __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

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