guitardood Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Id like to know if any one has a cheap dell desktop with a cheap firewire audio card and able to use live and soft synths. Id like accelerated audio for DAW but not gaming. Any ideas? thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48057-cheap-dell-for-a-daw/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooD Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Why DELL?, Build your own computer. It´s the only way to be sure everything will work. (Select the components according to wiki´s compatibility list) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48057-cheap-dell-for-a-daw/#findComment-344870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macprodan Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 I say build it yourself as well, this way you learn the PC Hardware / OS X inside out and you get it nice and cheap... I had a real nice hackintosh with a X2 3800 / 7800 GTX with a SATA drive. At the time it was not working 100%, The SATA didnt work, the CPU worked with 1 Core only and the 7800 was not giving Quartz and all. I got it working in the end by purchasing a X300 graphics card and a IDE HardDisk, with these in it worked flawlessly. I sold this lot after falling in love with Macs and the OS and got me a shiny MacBook Pro. Then with a stroke of luck I got hold of my current hackintosh setup for free. Id say go for a Core 2 Duo / 2 Gig / a SATA 2 HD and a Fairly decent GPU if needed. !! also do not forget the PSU this is the most important component in the system, imho a good one will last this and your next comp. up to you doh.. my old hack and current one run logic and all plugs / soundtrack pro / reason and garageband perfectly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48057-cheap-dell-for-a-daw/#findComment-345095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 This is a great thread for builduing your own, and as most components are at least one year old, they should be dirty cheap to get: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...ic=7393&hl= If on the other hand you want to build something more bleeding edge, check this thread: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...c=26508&hl= Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48057-cheap-dell-for-a-daw/#findComment-345316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xer0 Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I just built a new PC with OS X and Logic in mind. I have also ran OS X and Logic on my old Dell Dimension 4400 desktop ( gotta love those free company disposals that come right when your PC dies ) and my Dell Inspiron 5100. The system I built myself runs OS X so much more reliably then either my my Dell systems (both SSE2 CPU's) although its not all that bad on my 5100. I suppose if you bought a system that checks out 100% OK on the HCL then it'd be fine...but I strongly recommend just building the PC yourself. My setup cost just under $800 and its more powerful then any pre-built PC you can find at the price. Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 CPU Gigabyte 965P-DS3 Motherboard (1333 FSB ) 1GB DDR2-800 RAM 160GB WD SATA2 HDD GeForce 7300 LE 128MB Video Card AeroCool ExtremEngine 3T Case Liteon SATA DVD-+RW 400W High performance PSU I was going to pick up an M-Audio Delta series audio card but after reading about the issues with PCI I decided to just use the onboard for the time being until the PCI Express cards get released and have stable drivers. I'd go firewire except that I really don't want another thing cluttering up my desk and there's no native support for firewire on the DS3. Whatever you do make sure the system you get has a SSE3 CPU. While you can run OS X and Logic on an SSE2 it can get pretty slow at times which gets frustrating after a while. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48057-cheap-dell-for-a-daw/#findComment-346234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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