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Processor suggestions
Tannosuke:
Well, that's what I'm thinking of doing. I'll have to discuss it with my mates to find a way around it.
rostheferret:
I could be wrong on this, but don't most processors make little noise anyway? I've always stuck to Intel mind, but I'd hardly call it loud. The best bet to keep a PC quiet is to look at how it's cooled. I know some prefer liquid cooling, but I've just moved from a liquid cooled processor back to the stock fan and I found the pump rattled my case even when padded to hell with sticky foam and made a LOT more noise than the fan does, and I'm using a pretty shitty fan. Unless you need the extra cooling power for an overclock or your graphics cards, I'd stick to fans.
If you're looking at boards - and I suggest you probably should - there was a Gigabyte board that was supposedly pretty loud, made a load of buzzing; the X58 or something, so maybe just go ASUS to be on the safe side. It's only a matter of time before the RAM becomes your next restriction so it might be better to bite the bullet now, get a decent mobo/cpu and not have to worry about it for a few more years. As for processors, a half decent processor should be able to handle most games with some ease, so from my limited ripping experience the main focus is on your music production. Do the programs you use utilise multiple cores? Many programs still don't, in which case a higher clocked dual core might be better than a lower clocked quad+ for this application. The flip side is that most games these days, do utilise multiple cores, so if your budget can stretch to it, it's definitely better to go that way and maybe look into overclocking if the clock speed isn't up to scratch.
That 300e is looking real tight right now... :P
kitamesume:
based on what you want:
1) a big upgrade from AMD Athlon(tm) X2 64 Dual Core Processor +4800 2.5GHz.
2) silent rig (silent processor is n/a, because a processor is naturally silent, what makes the noise is the HSF.)
3) a gaming capable rig.
4) a fancy studio equipment-like rig, i.e. has the features to make it viable.
5) €300 budget, excluding the GPU, harddrive and monitor.
solution:
1) get the i3-2100, but i highly suggest you wait for ivy bridge.
why: because intel's sandy bridge consumes so little power compared to AMD's athlon and phenom line, the ivy bridge is even more power efficient. so what does that have to do with silence? well the less power consumption your rig will use, the less heat it will produce, in conjunction to that you need less airflow/cooling power to cool the components down which is the main cause of noise, hence silence.
2) the i3-2100 is already a good partner to the GTX 550 Ti, you don't really need a much powerful processor.
why: since your GPU is an entry card you wouldn't need to partner it a monster CPU, your GPU will become a bottleneck if you do so.
3) this is more of a question, or a task for you to do. to know what your PSU's ratings is, you just need to read it's label, normally written on it's side and easily visible when you open your computer case's side panel. so what i'm going to ask is how many A(amps) can the +12V line output? what total wattage does it have?
based on your answers we might need to change it.
4) another question in hand, is your harddrive a sata drive or a pata drive?
this could effectively blow your budget up, since harddrives now a days costs quite a penny. not to mention the most fragile thing to be shipped around, you either get a Dud/Dead On Arrival, or a thing that last you weeks, maybe months then it becomes your personal paper weight.
5) there are perks other than power efficiency when going with intel as well:
* one is the Z68 motherboard supports Smart Response Technology, simply to explain, it uses an SSD to boost a regular harddrive's read/write speed.
* though not necessarily intel only, some of the motherboards are packed with features that you might wanna have and for a cheap price as well, i.e. USB3, SATA III, PCI-E 3.0, and some other stuffs.
6) you could sell your current rig for a broke price to up your budget a little, maybe sell the processor, motherboard, case, psu and ram by 100-150$, of course excluding the GPU and monitor.
example rig: (note: currency is in US dollars)
[$124.99 - $15(promo until 4/2)] Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
[$104.99] ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
[$44.99] Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop
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TOTAL : $259.97
[$84.99 - $5(promo until 4/2)] Samsung by Seagate Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ/ST500DM005 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" - Bare Drive
[$19.99] APEX SK-393-C Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (note! careful with cheap cases, some of them are cheap enough to be called a junk.)
[$44.99 - $8(promo until 3/29)] CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 (CMPSU-430CXV2) 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
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GRAND TOTAL : $396.94
Tannosuke:
@rostheferret,
Then how much do you think would it cost if you suggested them really? :)
And yep, lately, when I produce music with Cubase SX5, I experience crashes to PC startup. I figured that this PC can't hold it any longer in some cases of music production procedures.
The same happens, when some games freeze and crash back to the OS.
If I have to sacrifice some more money to upgrade my PC to the highest end, I'll do it.
@kitamesume, exclude the external HD, because I already bought a Seagate 2TB, because of PC clearance(had to move ALL the anime series and movies there). I also have a 1TB Ritmo.
As for the internal HDs I have the following:
SAMSUNG HD501LI SCSI Disk Device
ST316081 SAS SCSI Disc Device
WDC WD10 EARS-00Y5B1 USB Device
kitamesume:
SAS drives? ouch, i don't think theres much boards that support those these days.
well anyway, if you have a SATA based harddrive then you could slash of some of the price, the example rig i gave as a whole is exactly €300, excluding the shipping fees.
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