Hey everyone,
So basically my laptop is a Dell Lattitude E6520 and it just isn't cutting it at home. I want to dedicate my laptop to office/email/on the go functions and so I need to a build a dedicated PC for fun stuff. I do a lot of music production on the Reaper 64bit DAW (VST/MIDI/Live instruments) through an interface, so I need it to handle lots of plugins, record smoothly with high quality, and have smooth playback without clipping. I also want it to store plenty of tracks, but I can always get a glyph drive later I suppose. Secondly, I want to be able to play lots of games smoothly at a respectable level of detail. I know it's kind of a tight budget. I looked at the 600 dollar build in this article: http://lifehacker.com/5840963/the-best-pcs-you-can-build-for-600-and-1200 and while it sounds fine for gaming it doesn't address music production. Another thing I looked at is getting a solid state drive, which sounds cool, but I don't know much about PC components. If going a little over budget or further upgrading down the road gets me nice gains I'm open to it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
So basically my laptop is a Dell Lattitude E6520 and it just isn't cutting it at home. I want to dedicate my laptop to office/email/on the go functions and so I need to a build a dedicated PC for fun stuff. I do a lot of music production on the Reaper 64bit DAW (VST/MIDI/Live instruments) through an interface, so I need it to handle lots of plugins, record smoothly with high quality, and have smooth playback without clipping. I also want it to store plenty of tracks, but I can always get a glyph drive later I suppose. Secondly, I want to be able to play lots of games smoothly at a respectable level of detail. I know it's kind of a tight budget. I looked at the 600 dollar build in this article: http://lifehacker.com/5840963/the-best-pcs-you-can-build-for-600-and-1200 and while it sounds fine for gaming it doesn't address music production. Another thing I looked at is getting a solid state drive, which sounds cool, but I don't know much about PC components. If going a little over budget or further upgrading down the road gets me nice gains I'm open to it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.