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You can roughly see my budget from these alone. Which of these will simply record/mix music. My computer now is really lagging and just can't record at all now. It only has 2GB of ram. These three have 4. Just wondering which one of these is the better deal and which one will run Pro Tools 8 with no issues or anything. Thanks!
Btw, I do want it to have graphics cards like this so I can play some games. And it seems like Craigslist is cheaper than cyberpowrpc, new egg, or even tiger direct. But either way let me know
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a used quad core mac could be fine and cost around a grand. it
a used quad core mac could be fine and cost around a grand. it won't be quite 'state of the art', but macs are supported by PT, and you won't have to verify down to a component level that your computer is 'supported' by PT. that's a turnkey system that should work well. i'm broke all the time, and use a pc laptop w/ hardly any plugins, in my home studio, and my xp/dual/core/pt 7.x system is just about obsolete.
Gaming computers are geared to streamline graphics. A daw is gea
Gaming computers are geared to streamline graphics. A daw is geared to streamline audio. For high end audio many services required by gamers are deactivated. That said, a good quality gaming machine can do fine if set up properly. In this day I would stay away from dual core as it will limit you in the long run-especially in regards to ram. Craigslist is cheaper because machines are used, possibly stolen, without warranty, and without tech support. Caveat emptor. Caveat lector too fwiw.