What Are Your Lab Computer Specs

[MORFEEUS]

I just upgraded the studio computer......It took me a few weeks to build....let me know what you think and share what the specs are on your computer.

MSI Socket 775 Motherboard
Intel DuoCore Quad Q9400 Processor
Corsair 4GB DDR2 PC8500 RAM
(3) 500GB Seagate SATA Internal Hard Drives
300GB Western Digital External Hard Drive
PNY XLR8 GeForce 9800GT 1GB Video Card
M-Audio USB Mobile Pre External Sound Card
EMU 1212M PCI Internal Sound Card
Digidesign MBox 2 for Protools
OCZ 600W Power Supply

Old system was a P4 w/ 1GB of RAM way out dated.

You can see my actual studio setup on pg. 30 of Show Your Setup.

 

[projekt]

main workstation:

gigabyte socket 775 motherboard
intel q6600 core2quad overclocked to 3.0ghz
2gb ram
3x 500gb sataII hd's (internal)
1x 320gb maxtor hd (external)
gainward GeForce 9600gt+ 1gb video card
tascam US-122 external soundcard (soon to be replaced by mbox2)
corsair 550w PSU
samsung t240r 24" monitor

server (for samples/vst/plug-ins):

Apple G4 quicksilver 933ghz
1.5gb ram
500gb HDD

 

[Sucio]

My pc specs..



HP Compaq nx6325 notebook.

AMD Turion 64x2 Processor 1.6ghz
512MB Ram
80GB HD

 

[The Arkitekt]

My pc specs..



HP Compaq nx6325 notebook.

AMD Turion 64x2 Processor 1.6ghz
512MB Ram
80GB HD

Damn that laptop blows lol, you def puttin in work wit it tho

 

[KurtisRich]

LMAO 512mb ram and 80gb????? that shit is Ancient son!

 

[Sucio]

Lol..

Buy me a new one. Hahahahahaha

Got laid off so the $ saved for my upgrade became rent $....

Got a new job but that's just enough to pay bills... Looks like your pal Sucio needs to get on a diet..LOL

 

[7thangel]

just built it this year

gigabyte ep45-ds3l

intel core 2 duo e7300 oc'd to 3 ghz 1333 fsb

arctic cooling pro 7 heatsink

antec 300 case

1 front, 1 top, 1 back fan 120

coolermaster extreme psu 500w

2 x 1gb ram corsair xms2 dhx (another dual channel but from ocz with different timings so i decided not to connect them)

1 160 gb seagate sata hd, 1 320 gb seagate sata hd, 1 external - maxter one touch III 500 gb usb/firewire 400/800

my old ati radeon 3000 gpu

dell flatscreen monitor

1394/firewire pci card

m-audio 2496 (still kicking, keeping for ptmp)

uad-1e pci-e card

xp pro (performance edition) sp 3

 

[Sucio]

I haven't seen any Macs in here, yet...Surpised...

 

[wrightboy]

I haven't seen any Macs in here, yet...Surpised...

20" iMac
2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
3GB DDR2 SDRAM
Firebox
500GB WD Firewire external HD
OS X Leopard

 

[projekt]

I haven't seen any Macs in here, yet...Surpised...

not as a workstation, but as a server.

server (for samples/vst/plug-ins):

Apple G4 quicksilver 933ghz
1.5gb ram
500gb HDD

 

[Sucio]

Yeah, I saw that...But I was referring to the Mac as a workstation.

 

[MORFEEUS]

These are some nice systems.....I hope that others see our specs and use it as a guide to building their own systems.

 

[Sanova]

Thinkpad T60 Notebook

internal specs only:
Intel Core Duo , dual processor
T2400 @ 1.83GHz
1 Gig of ram
300 GB storage space

Needs an upgrade but runs flawlessly.

 

[The Arkitekt]

Dell Inspiron 1420

1.83ghz Core 2 Duo
2gb ram
1440x900 rez on14" screen (looks sharp as fuck, after you use rez's 1440x900 and up you will never go back)
dvd burner
120gb 7200rpm internal
120gb 5400rpm external
120gb 5400rpm external
40gb 5400rpm external
wireless mouse
2.1 speakers
WinXP Pro (modified for performance)

 

[Sucio]

Thinkpad T60 Notebook

internal specs only:
Intel Core Duo , dual processor
T2400 @ 1.83GHz
1 Gig of ram
300 GB storage space

Needs an upgrade but runs flawlessly.

Yeah I feel you on that...I have an IBM as well..but I haven't upgraded the HD or the RAM.. I make the most with what I have.....

 

[Kontents]

120gb 5400rpm external
120gb 5400rpm external
40gb 5400rpm external

Why SOoo many ext?? Thats alot... do they each take up a power outlet?

 

[The Arkitekt]

one of the 120's failed and has data on it that im gonna recover when I can

the other 120 is empty as of now

the 40 is just backup shit

they use usb adapters (convert int>ext)

 

[krysolite]

i'm on

windows xp 32 bit
512mb ddr memory. LOL
pentium 4. LOL
120 gb harddrive or something. too lazy to open my computer. i have a 1tb lacie external hd tho.
integrated sound card. LOL
some altec lansing speakers. they're really nice tho. not your typical computer speakers. plus i always check out the mix on my crazy sennheiser headphones.

but it's all good. i got reason 4.0 and an external hd packed with samples.

 

[Kontents]

HP Pavilion Core 2 Quad Q6600 (K) 2.4 GHz (95W)

8 GB (4 x 2 GB) (64-bit OS)

750 GB Internal SATA

500GB External.

Vista 64bit

Ozonic M-Audio Firewire ASIO Audio

Dual Monitors.

BOSE PC Speakers and M-Audio Reference Monitors.

 

[savage_g]

I haven't seen any Macs in here, yet...Surpised...

Mac pro
2x2.8ghz quadcore xeon
4 hard drives (640gb, 320gb, 250gb, 500gb)
4gb ram
Focusrite saffire LE
evolution 249 midi keyboard
akai mpd16 (the ghetto mpd!)

Best music workstation I've ever used... only just finished paying the bitch off after 9 months; but really shouldnt need to upgrade for years.