Need a machine for Music editing/monitoring

[EpicGeekonFire]

So my uncle wants a build for his music editing and monitoring for his church and he has a budget of 1300 bucks and plans to use 3 monitors.

 

Any ideas for a 1.3k build without monitors?

 

Lives in the US, no specific parts wanted, just NO water cooling and the budget doesnt include keyboards or mice etc. Just pure Computer stuff. 

 

-Thanks

 

 

 

@WoodenMarker Need your trusty help

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[AMICLG]

Not the most beautiful on the inside with color matching but it get's the job done also the 60GB SSD is for the Intel Smart Response which can use up to a 60GB SSD to cache to HDD so it shows up one drive for simplicity but still gets the speed of an SSD for the most part.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($218.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:  Asus Z87M-Plus Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($126.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory:  A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.95 @ Adorama)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 750 1GB Superclocked Video Card  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Case:  Cooler Master N400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply:  Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive:  Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter:  Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $770.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 19:08 EDT-0400)

[Sauron]

That's a very high buget, you can get something good for a lot less.

take this:

i7 4770k

16gb of ram

asus z97plus

random hard disk and whatever 400watt-ish psu you deem fit

 

this is more than enough for music editing, you don't even need a dedicated gpu. In fact, this might be overkill already.

if you need a dedicated sound card I can't really help you as I'm no sound expert, but the integrated audio of this motherboard is pretty good anyway.

[Flyguygamer]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kmmtQ7

[WoodenMarker]

How's this look? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZzwBTW

[Acoleman18]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($218.98 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Gene Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($192.79 @ Amazon)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($73.98 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Case: BitFenix Phenom M Midnight Black MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($99.51 @ OutletPC)

Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.98 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1309.17

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-28 08:26 EDT-0400)

I dont know if corsair h100i is considering water cooling so yea

[Mattydeath]

We need more info like software is he using cubase, protools, live, studio one ,sonar.

Is he using virtual instruments like synths or anything.

Here are some pointers

Cubase and all others work great on amd CPUs but better on Intell.

Protools hates amd CPUs. But has amazing hyperthreading support. On Intell.

Do not use fusion drives for audio as they cause an internal caching problem that cause your hardware buffer settings to remain high.

At least 16gb or ram.

You need multiple drives like an ssd to boot and a wd black to record audio to.

If he's using a USB audio interface to capture the audio you should get a motherboard that is workstation class like the asus ws boards.

Reason being is USB audio interfaces will refuse to work with non intell USB busses.

Oh and here are some benchmarks showing windows eating osx on digital audio workstations.

http://www.dawbench.com/win7-v-osx-1.htm

[EpicGeekonFire]

We need more info like software is he using cubase, protools, live, studio one ,sonar.

Is he using virtual instruments like synths or anything.

Here are some pointers

Cubase and all others work great on amd CPUs but better on Intell.

Protools hates amd CPUs. But has amazing hyperthreading support. On Intell.

Do not use fusion drives for audio as they cause an internal caching problem that cause your hardware buffer settings to remain high.

At least 16gb or ram.

You need multiple drives like an ssd to boot and a wd black to record audio to.

If he's using a USB audio interface to capture the audio you should get a motherboard that is workstation class like the asus ws boards.

Reason being is USB audio interfaces will refuse to work with non intell USB busses.

Oh and here are some benchmarks showing windows eating osx on digital audio workstations.

http://www.dawbench.com/win7-v-osx-1.htm

He uses live instruments and has a setup like a church with pianos guitars etc. Waiting on more info from him shortly. 

 

So is a 4790 worth it over a 4590? Hes not doing anything virtual so I doubt it. I will try looking in to the Asus Z97 or z87 WS board. 

[Mattydeath]

If he is using protools he should get the i7 for the hyperthreading protools uses individual threads as cores so it offloads work on the quad core i7 like an eight core. The hyperthreading support is top notch.

If he doesn't have software right now he should try Reaper as it is free to use for ever and the software is highly regarded for its abilitys and ease of use.