Help me build DAW

Jagermonster

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I fried the motherboard on my PC and going to replace. Currently have AMD 64 3800+(2.4 ghz), 1GB RAM and Lexicon Omega. I need my system to run many plugins at one time(EZdrummer, Amplitube, ect.). I plan on building the system around the Athlon 64 and remaining parts from my current PC. OK, should I bump the RAM up to 4gb with the Athlon to get the plugins to run smooth or will I need to upgrade cpu as well. I HAVE TO DO THIS AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE!!!
 
depends

i would add ram. that is a cost effective upgrade.
whether you need to do anything else depends on how many things you need to run at once.
what is your budget?
get teh best mobo you can afford. if possible upper middle range. you should not need to pay for the absolute top end.
i wuold put more effort into optimising it for music than buying more cpu to overcome all the slopware and crapware slowing it down. if you must use it for games and surfing then use a virtual machine so you can run music software all by itself.
 
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