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Hi everyone, I'm new to these forums and site, and I'm real excited to be here. I'm also slightly new to recording. I've done one 11-track album with my band (2 acoustic guitars and 2 vocals) using Audacity, an Acoustic Amp, and a Soundblaster Live! 24-bit USB soundcard. Haha, I've quickly realized that although this setup was good enough to do the first album, I'm not going to be able accomplish anything vaguely complex with it. Anyway, down to business.
I'm looking into build a new DAW and trying to keep the cost under $500 (for processor, MOBO, RAM, and HDD's), and had some questions on components.
1) Processor
-Obviously I'm going 64-bit
-Do I go Dual-Core over Single, or does it not make a difference for recording?
-Whats a good clock-speed (is 3.4gHz overkill on a single core?)
-How important are the cahce and FSB speed (is 2mb L2 cahce and 800mHZ FSB good?)
2)RAM
-I'm going with DDR2 dual-channel
-Should 1gb be enough? Or should I go with 2
3)MOBO
-Don't really know what to look for in a MOBO for recording (as long as it is compatible with all my components that is)
4)HDD's
-I'm prolly gonna go with 2 HDD's at 7200 rpm
-First HDD will be for Windows and Programs (80gb)
-Second HDD will be for audio files (prolly 120gb+)
5)Graphics Card
-Umm, something cheap...haha, not gonna be doing anything graphically intense on here
Beyond that I'm looking to get an M-AUDIO 1010 LT for my soundcard, and I have a Peavey XR 8300 powered mixer, and of course some mics. I plan to do effects digitally and get Cubase.
Should all that be good? Anything I'm forgetting? Anything I could get that would be better? And remember I'm trying to save money
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long post.
Hi everyone, I'm new to these forums and site, and I'm real excited to be here. I'm also slightly new to recording. I've done one 11-track album with my band (2 acoustic guitars and 2 vocals) using Audacity, an Acoustic Amp, and a Soundblaster Live! 24-bit USB soundcard. Haha, I've quickly realized that although this setup was good enough to do the first album, I'm not going to be able accomplish anything vaguely complex with it. Anyway, down to business.
I'm looking into build a new DAW and trying to keep the cost under $500 (for processor, MOBO, RAM, and HDD's), and had some questions on components.
1) Processor
-Obviously I'm going 64-bit
-Do I go Dual-Core over Single, or does it not make a difference for recording?
-Whats a good clock-speed (is 3.4gHz overkill on a single core?)
-How important are the cahce and FSB speed (is 2mb L2 cahce and 800mHZ FSB good?)
2)RAM
-I'm going with DDR2 dual-channel
-Should 1gb be enough? Or should I go with 2
3)MOBO
-Don't really know what to look for in a MOBO for recording (as long as it is compatible with all my components that is)
4)HDD's
-I'm prolly gonna go with 2 HDD's at 7200 rpm
-First HDD will be for Windows and Programs (80gb)
-Second HDD will be for audio files (prolly 120gb+)
5)Graphics Card
-Umm, something cheap...haha, not gonna be doing anything graphically intense on here
Beyond that I'm looking to get an M-AUDIO 1010 LT for my soundcard, and I have a Peavey XR 8300 powered mixer, and of course some mics. I plan to do effects digitally and get Cubase.
Should all that be good? Anything I'm forgetting? Anything I could get that would be better? And remember I'm trying to save money

Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long post.
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