Music Production PC

[Crow COMPUTER]

Hi Guys, I'm planning on building a new PC, but I need some help choosing the components. My budget for this build is ~1000€. I live in Italy and I mainly want this PC for music production. I also need all the peripherals for this build (monitor, keyboard, mouse) with good headphones, speakers and sound card. Hope you can help me. 

Edited October 2, 2018 by Crow COMPUTER
Change in PC main purpose.

[homeap5]

I answer you about music production part.

Yes, good sound card is recommended - for much less noise and better stereo separation. But is not required, just recommended, you may start without it. Or choose motherboard with digital output and amplifier with digital input.

 

But budget...

1000 euros is way too small budget for music production, since good amplifier and speakers costs a lot. For example - Dali Zensor 5 speakers costs about 500 euros and good amplifier about 200-300 euros. And they're not the highest price products. Ok, you may buy Zensor 3 and some cheap Pioneer or Yamaha and cost will be about 500 euros for that in total, but then for computer with everything you'll have about 500 euros. For gaming and After Effects? With monitor and everything? No way.

 

BUT - it's possible if you want computer only for music production. It not required powerful CPU, integrated GPU will be good enough and quality of monitor will be not that important. Then it is possible.

 

And remember that unlike computer, speakers and amplifier you buy for years, so if you thinking seriously about music production, you should not cut the costs here.

[Crow COMPUTER]

1 hour ago, homeap5 said:

I answer you about music production part.

Yes, good sound card is recommended - for much less noise and better stereo separation. But is not required, just recommended, you may start without it. Or choose motherboard with digital output and amplifier with digital input.

 

But budget...

1000 euros is way too small budget for music production, since good amplifier and speakers costs a lot. For example - Dali Zensor 5 speakers costs about 500 euros and good amplifier about 200-300 euros. And they're not the highest price products. Ok, you may buy Zensor 3 and some cheap Pioneer or Yamaha and cost will be about 500 euros for that in total, but then for computer with everything you'll have about 500 euros. For gaming and After Effects? With monitor and everything? No way.

 

BUT - it's possible if you want computer only for music production. It not required powerful CPU, integrated GPU will be good enough and quality of monitor will be not that important. Then it is possible.

 

And remember that unlike computer, speakers and amplifier you buy for years, so if you thinking seriously about music production, you should not cut the costs here.

Thank you for the help. I think I'm going to give up Gaming and After Effects work, which I don't really need. I'm going to focus on music production them, which is main focus anyway. 

[homeap5]

So - do you have big room or small room? What kind of music?

[Crow COMPUTER]

Just now, homeap5 said:

So - do you have big room or small room? What kind of music?

I mainly produce Dubstep (Brostep) in a small room. 

[LukeSavenije]

http://www.schiit.com/products/fulla-1

https://eu.audio-technica.com/ATH-M50x

PCPartPicker part list: https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/hPkgq4
Price breakdown by merchant: https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/hPkgq4/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€155.65 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€91.20 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (€141.80 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€88.30 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa N21 Snow ATX Mid Tower Case  (€48.49 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€68.16 @ Amazon Italia)
Keyboard: Logitech - K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  (€13.12 @ Amazon Italia)
Mouse: Logitech - M100 Wired Optical Mouse  (€24.06 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: €630.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[homeap5]

Dali Zensor 3
YAMAHA A-S301

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
MSI B350 TOMAHAWK
Crucial 8GB 2666MHz Ballistix Sport White CL16
be quiet! 500W Pure Power 9 CM BOX
be quiet! Pure Base 600
iiyama E2482HD
Crucial 500GB 2,5" SATA SSD MX500

 

Cost about 1400-1500 euros BUT you can find it probably somewhere cheaper.

 

I prefer intel, but buying Intel processor now is waste of money, because prices are extremely and insane high.

 

 

[homeap5]

3 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

http://www.schiit.com/products/fulla-1

https://eu.audio-technica.com/ATH-M50x

Really? Making music on headphones with cheap headphone amplifier?

Do you have any experience with music production?

[LukeSavenije]

I actually don't. I was just thinking of solutions what can fix the budget to something lower

1 minute ago, homeap5 said:

Really? Making music on speakers with cheap speaker amplifier?

Do you have any experience with music production?

 

[homeap5]

3 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

I actually don't. I was just thinking of solutions what can fix the budget to something lower

 

Well, there is no "cutting budget" if someone wants to made music for real. Otherwise every computer and speakers will be good, even logitech for 5$.

And I wrote it wrong - should be "headphones" not "speakers".

 

BTW. I forgot about GPU. So another few euros.

 

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, homeap5 said:

Well, there is no "cutting budget" if someone wants to made music for real. Otherwise every computer and speakers will be good, even logitech for 5$.

 

BTW. I forgot about GPU. So another few euros. 

2400g has intergrated graphics, might be a better solution here, then you can upgrade to an exernal graphics card later

[homeap5]

6 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

2400g has intergrated graphics, might be a better solution here, then you can upgrade to an exernal graphics card later

Good.

 

I choose MORTAR because it's coaxial digital output. And Yamaha as one of cheapest good amplifier with digital input.

 

In making music is very important that you must hear everything MUCH BETTER than other listeners. Me, as listener, can listen everything even using smartphone speakers, but producer should hear everything as best as possible. For example - you release new album and someone who has great stereo amplifier and speakers buy this album. Then his review will be "omg, it sounds very bad". And you cannot answer "oh, sorry, I made mastering using logitech plastic speakers, so I don't hear it so good".

 

Also - I don't recommend to buy any subwoofer, at least at the beginning. If someone wants to unnatural boosted bass, it's always an option for listener, but should not be something that wil be required for listening music (like "you must have subwoofer if you want to hear bass in my music").

[Crow COMPUTER]

24 minutes ago, homeap5 said:

Dali Zensor 3
YAMAHA A-S301

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
MSI B350 TOMAHAWK
Crucial 8GB 2666MHz Ballistix Sport White CL16
be quiet! 500W Pure Power 9 CM BOX
be quiet! Pure Base 600
iiyama E2482HD
Crucial 500GB 2,5" SATA SSD MX500

 

Cost about 1400-1500 euros BUT you can find it probably somewhere cheaper.

 

I prefer intel, but buying Intel processor now is waste of money, because prices are extremely and insane high.

 

 

Thank you very much

[homeap5]

39 minutes ago, Crow COMPUTER said:

Thank you very much

Read other posts too. I forgot about graphics card and this processor has no iGPU, so change it to AMD with iGPU as LukeSavenije suggest or buy cheap graphics card.

 

Also - you may buy 400W PSU - I recommend higher because who knows - maybe you'll want to expand your PC with some stuff that requires power (like GPU) later.

[brob]

Budget really is not sufficient for use case. I have no suggestions for headphones and speakers. Good choices would entirely consume the budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€155.65 @ Amazon Italia) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€109.00 @ Amazon Italia) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€105.70 @ Amazon Italia) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€83.12 @ Amazon Italia) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (€76.86 @ Amazon Italia) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€55.00 @ Amazon Italia) 
Monitor: LG - 29UM59-P 29.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor  (€220.10 @ Amazon Italia) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Lite L Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  (€58.99 @ Amazon Italia) 
Total: €864.42
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