what would be the best route to go

[nononsensetype]

what would be the best route to go as far as daw? I would rather buy a customized system from someone because building seems like it would be a hassle.

found these sites from reading around

www.dawbox.com
www.carillonusa.com

any suggestions??

 

[SirRiff]

You know...

Greetings,

You know, I am by no means a computer guy really, but I have been reading alot about harddrives, motherboards, ram , videocars, and of couse sound cards lately.

Being that you can get kickass deals from online venders these days (if you live in the US) and that a computer is actually "easy" to put together (i know i know alot CAN go wrong) I would say do it yourself.

Building one is tricky, just because you have to make every decision by yourself, but there are so many articles on it, and people to ask, I think its something you gotta do once.

I am still in the planning stages, but when I get time/cash this later this summer, I think I will build one. I just want to do it once, then never do it again and just make music.

Its not like you have to "build" it, just assemble it...

SirRiff

 

[Slackmaster2K]

If you have no computer experience and don't *want* any computer experience, you will end up spending more in the long run in time and replacement components than you will buying a premade DAW.

It's not a bad idea to learn about computer systems since you'll be recording on one, but I think a lot of guys end up spending more time screwing with their systems and worrying about performance than actually recording. That's a shame.

I personally build every machine that I use, but I've been doing it for so long that I am quite comfortable with the process and understand the necessary research that must be done prior to any decisions (things change so fast man...).

Slackmaster 2000

 

[nononsensetype]

what about this computer?

Rackmount case 4U Black

Enermax 430 watt "Whisper Quiet" power supply

AMD 1.4 GHz Thunderbird

GlobalWin WBK-68 Heatsink fan (quiet)

Iwill KK266 motherboard

Matrox G450 16MB dual-head video adapter

512 MB Micron PC-150 CL2 (2 256Meg)

Maxtor 20G 7200 RPM drive (for the OS and apps)

2)60G Maxtor 7200 RPM drives

2)Removable hard disk drive bays

Yamaha 16x10x40 CDRW w/adaptec (we suggest Plextor 16x)

Floppy drive

D-Link 10/100 Ethernet card

*Windows 98/2K installed
http://www.advanceddesignky.com/
http://www.infinitevortex.com/default.asp?page=p4daw
http://www.infinitevortex.com/default.asp?page=daw

 

[elevate]

That seems like a decent rig. I wouldn't choose that motherboard, and the inclusion of scsi just for a cd burner seems kinda wasteful (unless you plan on adding scsi hard drives later). I also wouldn't use Maxtor hard drives. Check out Storage Review for detailed hard drive comparisons.

Just checking on newegg.com, you can get the whole computer (sans case) with an XP1900, a better mobo, and better hard drives for around $900. Add $130 for the case, and you've saved yourself about $300 and you get better components.

If you are uncomfortable with building your own, then just don't do it. Just be aware that putting together a computer isn't any more difficult than putting together one of those desks you get at Office Depot. The difficult part is doing the necessary research to make sure your computer works better than that Office Depot desk.