Reply to: Recommend a good PC fordevelopment work?

[d000hg]

If you're interested, I can list my spec, for which the parts come to about £2500.

That's well outside my budget (I reckon £1000 max considering I have monitors already) but I'd still be interested to see what you built for that kind of money. I assume you must have some specialist components for that kind of cash - top-end graphics card or some fancy RAID system perhaps?

[d000hg]

How noisy is it with all those fans? The white noise would drive me bonkers.

Obviously I can't speak for that case, but fans don't have to be noisy if they're well-made.

[Platypus]

whatever you go for, make sure you get the CoolerMaster 932 HAF pc case - is is amazing.

How noisy is it with all those fans? The white noise would drive me bonkers.

[BoredBloke]

I never saw the attraction in those big transparent cases full of LEDs... it's comparable to fitting neon lights underneath your car in my eyes. As long as I can get inside my case easily and it is spacious, a plain black box (or even beige!) is fine in my eyes

I agree, but the cases they produce now are better than the beige ones which were the norm when I built my first one about 14 years ago! What I tend to do is have my PC and keep it relatively up to date - It's due a few replacement parts niow but as I'm working away I can't really justify the expense. Whatever I upgrade, the old part goes into one of the kids PC's.

[ThomasSoerensen]

I never saw the attraction in those big transparent cases full of LEDs... it's comparable to fitting neon lights underneath your car in my eyes. As long as I can get inside my case easily and it is spacious, a plain black box (or even beige!) is fine in my eyes

I agree.
It is not the transparency or the neon that I like about this case - it is the steel frame, giant fans, rugged almost military look. If I get it I will definately run it with no lights in it.

[d000hg]

whatever you go for, make sure you get the CoolerMaster 932 HAF pc case - is is amazing.

I never saw the attraction in those big transparent cases full of LEDs... it's comparable to fitting neon lights underneath your car in my eyes. As long as I can get inside my case easily and it is spacious, a plain black box (or even beige!) is fine in my eyes

[ThomasSoerensen]

whatever you go for, make sure you get the CoolerMaster 932 HAF pc case - is is amazing.

[Sysman]

This is bettererer....

http://www.uknet.com/gallery/Museum/013_Jupiter_Ace

1981. If that's ancient, the stuff I worked on in the 1970s must have been prehistoric!

[cojak]

Use a reputable local PC shop (No not PC World) and ask for the best spec machine that they can do or whatever your requirements. Let them build it and sort out any issues then you just collect and pay. This works for me.

Oh yes, I did that as well for the PC before this one and it was excellent. I got this one through Overclockers, which was ok but the usb's as the front of the machine weren't connected and I really didn't fancy sending it all back for that.

I've never got around to connecting them...

[ferret]

Hate to tempt fate but I have always built my own machines and my last one is still going strong after 3 years and I feel no need to upgrade yet.

New machine cost around £700 to buy parts, nice big Coolermaster case (agree on big cases being good, smart for cooling and ease of assembly), mobo and processor (was AMD X2 4200+), 4GB RAM, 2 hard drives, Optical Drive, two graphics cards (I like to work on 3 monitors). I also spend that bit extra for silence, quiet PSU and processor cooling fan.

I don't tend to spend too much time matching components, just go to the Computer / Studio Hardware & Setup section on the Cubase forum (http://cubase.net/) and check the mobo / processor combinations some of the chaps there have in their sigs and build the rest around that.

Fingers crossed this has worked well for me for the last decade or so and I reckon this machine will keep me going for another year or two at least as long as no components pop on the mobo. Might treat myself to a new machine when Windows 7 is released but in these dark days every penny saved helps as you never know when you may need it...

[BolshieBastard]

Try Mesh.

Whatever you do, do NOT buy one from tuliptie PC Desktop Options! Shyte customer service and even worse, their pc's dont ******* work. Then you'll have a hell of a job getting your money back.

Strangely, tuliptie PC Desktop Options reckon they have pages and pages of testimonials from schools and some not so small businesses. Personally I think they talk tulip!

Can I say **** off tom muir?

[dozer]

overclockers have a couple of special offers on systems atm.

[voodooflux]

Both Scan and Overclockers UK can assemble top-spec systems for you.

(I tend to buy components from these suppliers and assemble the systems myself.)

[RichardCranium]

Use a reputable local PC shop (No not PC World) and ask for the best spec machine that they can do or whatever your requirements. Let them build it and sort out any issues then you just collect and pay. This works for me.

WHS. Independents every time.

[s2budd]

Use a reputable local PC shop (No not PC World) and ask for the best spec machine that they can do or whatever your requirements. Let them build it and sort out any issues then you just collect and pay. This works for me.