Hi there-it is time for me to buy a new Pc for audio, my budget is 1.500 Euro ...need lots of ram and SSD ---
What would you buy?Best wishes..

 

Do not get an Nvidia video card.
I have a gtx1070 and it causes audio dropouts in usb interface.
No fix.

 

I think you could get better help if you specify why/what you mean with "lots" of ram and "lots" of ssd. its hard to know if you just mean as much as possible, which is obvious for everyone.

or if you do a kind of audio-work that demands specifically huge amounts of ram and ssd space.

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Last edited: May 2, 2018

Use the site PC Part Picker to build yourself something around your budget.

 

this is very strange, sounds like power issues to me

 

RAM is ridiculously expensive right now. Graphics cards even more so. Unless you want to play games, save on the GPU entirely and use the integrated graphics of the 8700K so you have more budget for RAM.

 

Nick did an excellent job. i would recommend pretty much the same.

more details on what you plan to do would help a lot.
what kind of music/work u plan to do? gaming ? Monitor/s ?

 

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Hi!
Do you really need a video graphics card for the pure purpose of working with audio?

Cheers.

 

For some ideas of what what can be built or ordered pre-made:
https://pcaudiolabs.com/
https://www.visiondaw.com/store/pc/main.asp
https://silentpc.com/daw
http://www.pro-tools-pc.us/

 

Put in a passive 1030 and problem gone. The problem is that people are trying to assemble a kickarse PC for everything. Well then use a ThunderBolt audio interface. USB is for home-production. Assembling a great PC is a matter of priorities. I'm always assembling it with music production in mind. And older games and everything still works smoothly with a 100 euro card, really.

I would also go for just one SSD as they are less reliable than HDs, in my experience. When an SSD dies there's no way to retrieve the data. Just have one SSD for the OS and most used libraries and keep everything else, including a backup of the OS on a tested HDD. I test my HDDs before using them for serious business. Fill them up to the brim with data and use them for a couple of weeks at least. Test with HDtune, too. If they pass, they are 99.9% sure to be safe to use for the next 5 or so years.

Cheers!

 

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It does need a lot of power but its a known driver issue.

 

Nick12's advice is pretty spot on!!
32gb ram is future proofing to some extent
i would follow Nicks recommendations in every way
no gaming etc don't need mega video cards
32 gb ram if using massive libraries
500 sdd from main drive
4 tb hardrive is a little more but again, future proofing
all other sdd etc you can add later as needed, for kontakt libraries etc

 

i have a 1070 running in conjunction with my m-audio fasttrack pro no issues at all.
on my second rig.
Also sinewave you can recover data from ssds just as well as hdd thease days.
Also may i suggest a nvme ssd for boot as there quicker.

 

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try here http://logicalincrements.com/

 

You dont need a new pc, you need some led lights, to pimp it up.

 

Hey guys!!Thank you so much, these are top anwers-!!!Now I am ready to buy, ah yeah-I am making all kinds of music, in the moment mostly Theater and film..so I am working with large libraries, so ram will be 32 Gb..Thank you so much!!Have a great day!!!
...I have found this one here on Amazon..how do you like it?
https://smile.amazon.de/gp/product/B07B3Q8H5W/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A1C3AH4W0LV399&psc=1

 

Last edited: May 3, 2018

I like having a small capacity OS SSD (250G), and a second SSD (500G partitioned as two 250G).
I use one 250G partition of the split drive for my media projects, and the other 250G for audio & libraries that might benefit in loading times. Granted a 7200 RPM HDD works pretty well, but I loaded Garritan stuff because it seemed a bit slow in loading, but that could be for other reasons.
The main thing is to back things up regularly. When installing a new system I like to take many backups as I go.
I try to keep as little on the OS drive as possible, but i do install ALL programs and I do let things like presets etc be installed to the "Documents" folder for compatibility. So many libraries can be installed anywhere these days, which is nice, and for the few that can't easily, I make a symlink and move them (except for a couple of old ones that are small so i didn't bother).
It makes it so nice to just step back to a perfect install. I delete most after things are running well, but i keep the basic Windows install with drivers and updates, then start loading up programs I use in general (file management, firewall, customizations, etc) and make sure I have a good working system to restore before I start messing with DAW and other stuff.
Then I install media programs, keeping a simple .txt log saved on the OS disk.
That makes it handy to explore a backup and see exactly where I was with installs, where i symlinked stuff, versions etc.
Backups take little time and space with the OS & a few general progs installed.
Even now with tons installed it only takes around 17 minutes. I've restored the OS disk many times because I try a lot of stuff, and customize a lot, and mess with registry, and i like the security of just loading a backup onto the SSD instead of wondering if a program uninstalled well, or any other problems occur.
Often times it might not be until a bit later that a problem is discovered and being able to truly step back so easily is great.

With drive space cheaper now, I have a 3T 7200 for libraries and (and 250G of my partitioned 2nd SSD), a 5T 7200 for general use (all zipped programs, movies, etc), a slow 5T for backups, and an external 5T to duplicate important backups.

It takes me about a week to install all the stuff I have, so it is great if anything messes up, to just step back knowing everything will be just as it was, with my actual work and personal files on my 2nd SSD.
I really don't know how much difference if any there is with speed in loading projects and libraries from the SSD vs. HDD these days in general, but the cost of the SSD seemed minor compared to other things.

 

best hdd beside the HGST Deskstar

https://www.amazon.de/Ultrastar-7K6...-2-fkmr0&keywords=hitachi+4tb+7200rpm+hdd+ssd