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TimTom
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Hey guys,
its Tim from Germany.
I am currently planning my new audio pc.
At the moment Im running Reaper on a Aspire 5680 Notebook using several software amps (like lepoulin lecto, xtac, the onquel stuff etc.), EZdrummer, Garritan Pro Orchestra and some synths/samplelibaries (Kore2 by NI).
In fact it is working, but only when I use like 2 Guitartracks + Ezdrummer, or GPO and Kore2. So I cant use more than like 4-5 tracks with vst effects etc.-> then it stops doing anything.
In the future I would like to use more libaries (planning to get Omnisphere and SD2.0) and run like 4 Guitars and some VSTi´s without shutting my pc down.
What I thought:
4GB RAM (or would you recomment 8GB for samples?) (~65?)
2 500GB HDDs (one for OS + plugins, one for Recording)
Win7 64bit
My budget is 500?.
So and now my questions: What CPU do I need for what I plan to do?
Sooo many guys are telling me to get the new Sandy Bridge but they are WAY too expensive for me. So, everytime I ask for a processor in my limit, they keep telling me that I should take an i5 SB and save some extra 100?.
I mean, like some month ago everybody was fine with his Intel i5/i7 from the 1.Gen.
Due to the fact that I do not want the most recent hardware, wouldn´t a i5 just be fine for me?
Or are those guys right?
Another reason (for me) for an older i-processor is, that the motherboards are way cheaper to get (like ~50? used) than the SB units, which you can´t get used and new they are about 130?. Too much...
Much text, but please help me
Thank you guys,
Tim
its Tim from Germany.
I am currently planning my new audio pc.
At the moment Im running Reaper on a Aspire 5680 Notebook using several software amps (like lepoulin lecto, xtac, the onquel stuff etc.), EZdrummer, Garritan Pro Orchestra and some synths/samplelibaries (Kore2 by NI).
In fact it is working, but only when I use like 2 Guitartracks + Ezdrummer, or GPO and Kore2. So I cant use more than like 4-5 tracks with vst effects etc.-> then it stops doing anything.
In the future I would like to use more libaries (planning to get Omnisphere and SD2.0) and run like 4 Guitars and some VSTi´s without shutting my pc down.
What I thought:
4GB RAM (or would you recomment 8GB for samples?) (~65?)
2 500GB HDDs (one for OS + plugins, one for Recording)
Win7 64bit
My budget is 500?.
So and now my questions: What CPU do I need for what I plan to do?
Sooo many guys are telling me to get the new Sandy Bridge but they are WAY too expensive for me. So, everytime I ask for a processor in my limit, they keep telling me that I should take an i5 SB and save some extra 100?.
I mean, like some month ago everybody was fine with his Intel i5/i7 from the 1.Gen.
Due to the fact that I do not want the most recent hardware, wouldn´t a i5 just be fine for me?
Or are those guys right?
Another reason (for me) for an older i-processor is, that the motherboards are way cheaper to get (like ~50? used) than the SB units, which you can´t get used and new they are about 130?. Too much...
Much text, but please help me
Thank you guys,
Tim