$800 Audio Production PC

[arrow_why]

Budget (including currency): $800 or 40,000 Philippine Pesos

Country: Philippines

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Reaper for podcast editing and audio mixing, CS:GO and other esports titles, streaming gameplay to Discord for the homies

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I'm upgrading for a lowly H81M system, i5 4th gen. It's serving me well but I need less render times!

 

I'm also using a 144hz monitor. Right now, my set-up runs at 120fps on CS:GO

 

I'll be purchasing items from

 

dynaquestpc.com

pcx.com.ph

 

[rapidkillerx]

lol @ streaming to discord for the homies

[homeap5]

Sorry, where is that AUDIO PRODUCTION PC? You want to made podcast, play CS:GO and stream gameplay. It's imo not enough to call it "audio production". I can record something using my microphone and Audacity, but that will not made me audio producer. It's just what everyone can do even on old PC.

 

Can you explain more what audio production do you want to made?

 

[arrow_why]

4 minutes ago, homeap5 said:

Sorry, where is that AUDIO PRODUCTION PC? You want to made podcast, play CS:GO and stream gameplay. It's imo not enough to call it "audio production". I can record something using my microphone and Audacity, but that will not made me audio producer. It's just what everyone can do even on old PC.

 

Can you explain more what audio production do you want to made?

 

Well, I do need to use RX and other plug-ins that eat CPU since I also mix songs. I, curiously do not use a mic.

 

I also want faster render times since I edit podcasts everyday that are an hr or so long

[Derkoli]

3 minutes ago, arrow_why said:

Well, I do need to use RX and other plug-ins that eat CPU since I also mix songs. I, curiously do not use a mic.

 

I also want faster render times since I edit podcasts everyday that are an hr or so long

Better CPU and more RAM over lets say a better GPU then. DAW's love RAM and CPU power.

[arrow_why]

1 minute ago, Derkoli said:

Better CPU and more RAM over lets say a better GPU then. DAW's love RAM and CPU power.

Would you have a config in mind, sir? I know I don't need that much GPU but I don't know how much I need, really

[rapidkillerx]

CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	₱ 18,150.00	DynaQuest
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max	₱   6,520.00	DynaQuest
Memory	Gskill Ripjaws V 32GB Dual DDR4 3200Mhz CL16	₱   7,700.00	DynaQuest
Storage	Crucial P1 1TB M.2 NVME SSD	₱   6,850.00	DynaQuest
Video Card	Gigabyte GTX 1650 OC 4GB	₱   7,700.00	DynaQuest
Case	Tecware Nexus C USB 3.0	₱   2,000.00	DynaQuest
Power Supply	Corsair CX Series CX650M	₱   3,890.00	DynaQuest
		₱ 52,810.00

 

 

accidentally went like 10k pesos over, not entirely sure what i'd cut first, maybe someone else could tell you what is the least important part

[homeap5]

For what you need? Ryzen 3 and really fast drive will be enough.

[Derkoli]

13 minutes ago, arrow_why said:

Would you have a config in mind, sir? I know I don't need that much GPU but I don't know how much I need, really

Honestly, what rapidkillerx suggested is pretty ideal. I regularly sit at 30-40GB of ram used with Avid Pro Tools, which is alot more resource heavy.

[rapidkillerx]

maybe you could go to 16gb of ram? wouldn't be as good but could probably cut it most of the time