recommend processor and chipset for music?

ilikesound
ilikesound Posts: 355
edited October 2007 in The Clubhouse
i'm building another computer and this time around, it's geared towards recording the band. i looked online for info, didn't find anything at all, so i turn here as a last resort. i must find a processor and mobo that's geared toward, or at least performs well in music creation. i am not looking to socket 775 for this one, as my gaming pc gets very warm and the fan on a 775 heatsink are noisy. can anyone suggest anything?
sorry if this is completely off topic, but i have to shop within the week to make the studio deadline!
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited October 2007
    Just the chipset and processor or an entire computer. What components do you already have to build the computer with? What's the budget?
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited October 2007
    As long as you find something reasonably new, the process really won't make much of a difference. It's the sound card and software that you'll want to do research on.
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  • Bamadude
    Bamadude Posts: 245
    edited October 2007
    +1 to what Polkmaniac said.

    I'd say the audio card and recording equipment are going to impact sound quality while the motherboard and processor are going to affect processing time. It depends on how sophisticated your audio program is as to how much horsepower you need. I'd bet a decent dual core motherboard and CPU would do just fine unless you're talking really high end software.
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  • greg2350
    greg2350 Posts: 544
    edited October 2007
    +1 on the soundcard I use nuendo and reason software. I am using a older P4 3.4 ghz cpu and it runs fine. The soundcard is the main thing I went from a SB live card to the M-audio delta 10/10 card HUGE difference I had some no alot of latency with the SB live card when using my keyboard or drum pad. The M-audio card has 0.3ms latency compared to the SB live card was 12.5ms, I would concentrate on a good soundcard and ram more than the CPU.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited October 2007
    Go Soundblaster X-Fi .... from the lowend X-Fi to the highend X-Fi's...the cards sound really good.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited October 2007
    SoundBlaster is geared for games, and make shift surround sound. The M-audio is your best bet, the SoundBlaster, just is not up to snuff when it comes to recording. I would never recomend a SoundBlaster product, I have owned a couple, and the last one I had, just stopped working for no reason. I called to have it fix(still under warranty). They gave me the run around until the warranty period was up and told me it would be anywhere from 30-140 bucks to have it fixed. Shoot even Turtle Beach is better than SoundBlaster when it comes to recording.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited October 2007
    Oh yeah, M-Audio without a doubt.
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