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Custom Built PC

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Value and pricing

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The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X bundle at Micro Center offers strong value, particularly for digital art and gaming, despite being in black.
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While building your own PC can offer better value, prebuilt systems may offer competitive pricing on high-demand components like GPUs, occasionally matching or slightly exceeding MSRP.
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User experience

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It's noted that after-sale support is crucial, especially for non-tech-savvy users, with smaller shops potentially providing more personalized assistance.
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Smaller, local shops might offer personalized service like upgrading CPUs when new models are available, unlike larger builders.
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Prebuilt PCs from services like iBuyPower and Maingear offer the advantage of a single point of contact for troubleshooting, which can be crucial for complex, hard-to-diagnose issues.
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Comparisons

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The AMD 7800X3D is viewed as a strong CPU choice, but the 7600X serves as a practical interim alternative if the 9800X3D is unavailable.
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Features and functionality

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WiFi 7 compatibility is noted as future-ready but not essential yet due to limited device support.
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It's recommended to use RAM with a speed of exactly 6000 MHz and EXPO enabled for optimal performance, avoiding instability with four RAM sticks.
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Users recommend NVME SSDs over SATA for better performance, suggesting separate drives for OS and applications to optimize system efficiency.
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The Deepcool LS720 SE WH liquid CPU cooler is favored for its aesthetic appeal in white builds, fitting well with color-themed setups.
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Setup and maintenance

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Motherboards with WiFi 6 or 6E and USB-C ports are advised for future-proofing, with a preference for boards from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASrock.
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Air coolers are praised for longevity and cost-effectiveness, while water coolers offer aesthetic appeal but may require replacement after 3-4 years.
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The ease of assembly is often compared to adult Legos, but potential pitfalls include static shock and bending pins, which can be a concern for first-time builders.
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Use cases and applications

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Nvidia GPUs, like the 4070 Ti SUPER, are recommended for 3D applications due to their 16GB VRAM and solid gaming performance.
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Custom PC builders are noted for their ability to specify components for specific needs, such as gaming or productivity, providing tailored performance over mass-produced systems.
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Build quality

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Owners prefer selecting brand-name components for custom builds, particularly with power supplies, to ensure reliability and avoid issues with unbranded parts.
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White GPUs are often significantly more expensive, but they can be spray painted to achieve the desired aesthetic without voiding warranties.
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Mods and upgrades

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For color customization, aftermarket PSU cables in white or lilac/pink can enhance the build's cohesive look.
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Software and compatibility

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Windows compatibility issues can be a significant challenge, leading to unexplained system lockups without clear event logs or diagnostic errors, as experienced by multiple builders.
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shimron

1122

about 6 years ago

The best option for production

I built my PC for gaming (i9-9900K, 16GB RAM, RTX 2070, 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD) but that also means audio production is only as slow as your brain - DAW processing is practically instant. The other major advantage for producers is reduced rendering times for 4K videos, for example, which even for a song-length video can be over an hour on the average PC.

Roles:

Singer Keyboardist Composer

Genres:

Electronic Electronica Dance music

glaure

493

over 3 years ago

PC Build

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Motherboard: MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2 x 16 GB DDR5-5600 Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB GPU: XFX Speedster SWFT RX 6700 XT 12GB PSU: Corsair RMX 850W 80+

Roles:

Music Producer

Genres:

Electronic

kaedium

322

almost 5 years ago

My custom PC

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (3.4 - 4.9GHz, 16 Cores) Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk ATX AM4 Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series (4x16 GB, DDR-3200, CL16) Storage: Samsung 870 Evo (2x2TB SSD) GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Eagle (12 GB) PSU: Corsair RMX (850W) Case: NZXT 510 Elite

Roles:

Music Producer DJ

Genres:

Electronic J-pop House

konokami1

1251

over 3 years ago

Spec

Windows11 Intel Corei7 11700 Samsung DDR4-3200 64GB(32GBx2) NVIDIA RTX 3060 6GB TFH Z590M

Roles:

Drummer Composer Audio Engineer

Genres:

Orchestra Latin Film score

antiverse

231

almost 11 years ago

My current workhorse

I got this machine built together with a good friend of mine a few years back. It's not exactly focused completely on music production, but it was aimed to go for performance, multitasking, and some gaming when i needed to stress out and gather some inspiration from somewhere. Of course, that will change one day since i do want a dedicated studio workhorse running on Xeon. Anyways, this is the current specs:

Asus ROG Rampage IV Extreme Motherboard Intel Core i7 3930k CPU w/ Corsair h100i watercooler "helps making the silence appear" Nvidia Geforce GTX 780 Graphics Card 16gb Ram / 4x4gb, G.Skill RipjawZ 1600Mhz Samsung SSD 840 PRO 256Gb 1TB HDD 2TB HDD LaCie Portable HDD Porsche Design 2TB PCIe to PCI 32Bit Adapter w/ Firewire 400 PCI Card

And an overkill 1250W PSU... But of course, it doesnt use 1250W when turned on.

szczepaxn

207

over 8 years ago

DAC I/O SAMPLER/PROCESSOR/MEASUREMENT

INPUTS: Few analog stereo LINE-IN's,(extended by equipped mixer 2x INST,MIC powered by phantom) 4x digital stereo/multichannel SPDIF,TOSlink,minijack Few analog mono MIC-IN's 1x MIDI

HANDLING BY: IntelCore2Quad(4x3,00) 6GB RAM DDR3 On-board AC'97 and SoundBlaster Audigy2 Platinum EX 24-bit 256GB SSD Boot 1,5TB HDD Storage DVD-RW with drawing on discs Multiport Reader CF/MD SD/MMC 8x USB2.0 2x Independant network cards 100Mbps (FullDuplex) 12x analog audio stereo outputs

Roles:

Keyboardist Rapper Composer

Genres:

Electronic Hip Hop Funk / Soul

miint

over 7 years ago

Specs

Case - COOLER MASTER MasterBox MB511 + RGB Processor - 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Memory - HyperX® 16 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM Storage - 1 TB 7200 rpm SATA GPU - NVIDIA ® GeForce ® GTX 1070 Power Supply - 500W Bronze OS - Windows 10 Pro

planetalflame

about 11 years ago

My new PC

Built myself a new PC the other day. Getting tired of using a laptop, I guess. This is now my primary workstation, and a gaming rig. ---SPECS--- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P CPU: AMD FX-6300-BE Hard Drive: 1TB Seagate Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 DualX PSU: 750W Silverstone Cooler: Built-in OS: Windows 7 RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance

leonardovecchiato

over 12 years ago

Only my Second PC. It runs with Win 7, and sometimes i produce some Synthesizers or Loops in this PC and after that i bounce the track Parts to my MacBook.

norway