PRO AUDIO SYSTEM

[tnt23]

Hello,

I will be buying a new machine this month
budget 1500-1700 $

what do you suggest i7-950 with Asus P6X58D Premium or Intel Core i7 2600K unlocked ?

suggestions on mobos ?

i have read that i7 950 has tri channel has that might be better for audio ?

im not a hardcore overclocker ( i usually use the asus softs for that )

I will be doing some gaming and photoshoping on this machine but on other system drives of course

all suggestions welcomed

thx

 

[hang-the-9]

If your main focus is audio, any CPU or motherboard will be fine, the main focus should be a good sound card. Even if you get a motherboard with 5.1 or something onboard, it will not be as clear or interference free as a dedicated card. Audio mixing is no-where as taxing on a system as video editing/recoding.

 

[tnt23]

hey thanks for answer i forgot to mention : my audio sound card is a M-AUDIO pci card with ASIO

my work is music production oriented so its a main sequencer with many tracks running virtual instruments and samples + fx

by principle i would take the new gen cpu unless i see some real arguments that i7 950 will be better

 

[hang-the-9]

hey thanks for answer i forgot to mention : my audio sound card is a M-AUDIO pci card with ASIO

my work is music production oriented so its a main sequencer with many tracks running virtual instruments and samples + fx

by principle i would take the new gen cpu unless i see some real arguments that i7 950 will be better

Ah, OK then, I was posting to make sure you did not pick a motherboard based on it's sound card, someone else should answer the CPU question, I have not build a system since the Core 2 first came out