Optimum PC setup.

paullypaull · Post by **paullypaull** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:59 am

Does anyone have any reccommendations on their perfect PC setup to run ableton on?

Bagle · Post by **Bagle** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:01 pm

a mac

Lux Libra · Post by **Lux Libra** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:11 pm

LOL

tuning tips for xp and audio
http://www.musicxp.net/dnn/

info about disabling unnessesary services which will free up ram and cpu:
http://www.blackviper.com

or, buy a damn cheap Quadcore q6600 and suiting mobo. my advice.

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:34 pm

But seriously, folks... a Mac. They work out of the box without any tinkering/disabling/tweaking/etc.

Refurb Macbooks can be had for great prices from the Apple Store.

Get one. You'll never look back. There have been LOTS of PC>Mac converts on the forum, but I doubt if many go the other way.

Daim · Post by **Daim** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:27 pm

hambone1 wrote:But seriously, folks... a Mac. They work out of the box without any tinkering/disabling/tweaking/etc.

http://www.appledefects.com/wiki/index. ... acBook_Pro

my mbp was replaced 5 (!!) times

spkey · Post by **spkey** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:34 pm

hambone1 wrote:But seriously, folks... a Mac. They work out of the box without any tinkering/disabling/tweaking/etc.

Refurb Macbooks can be had for great prices from the Apple Store.

Get one. You'll never look back. There have been LOTS of PC>Mac converts on the forum, but I doubt if many go the other way.

Sure, but I doubt you can get a MAC as cheap as a PC for the same specs

dphouse84 · Post by **dphouse84** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:31 pm

back on topic, as you requested help with pc... (hoping this doesnt turn into a "Mac's VS PC thread")
[quote="m:o"]LOL

tuning tips for xp and audio
http://www.musicxp.net/dnn/

info about disabling unnessesary services which will free up ram and cpu:
http://www.blackviper.com
quote]

this is solid advice for optimizing your pc for working with music.
good luck.

MTG · Post by **MTG** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:34 pm

Q6600 + X38 chipset + 2gb (or more) of RAM.

ewistrand · Post by **ewistrand** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:03 pm

I probably run into more issues from people "optimizing" their PC than anything else.

There's only four optimizations I recommend for a Windows box;

1) Set your page file to a fixed size (1.5 x your physical RAM), and move it off your OS drive/partition if possible
2) Change processor scheduling (Control panel/system/advanced/advanced) to background services
3) Turn off indexing on all drives
4) Turn off any power conservation or power management schemes

Also, defrag and dump temp files at least once a week- I do it every day.

ew

Low Frequency Obstinator · Post by **Low Frequency Obstinator** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:09 pm

my co-hort uses an ACER dual-core - has it partitioned with 2 different boot-ups: one for music, the other for general computing.

The music side's all tweaked (as mentioned in above post), lean and stripped down, never connects to internet with it, has worked without problems for past 12 months or so.

Only has about 5-6 background tasks running from start-up.

Aequitas123 · Post by **Aequitas123** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:26 pm

m:o wrote:LOL

tuning tips for xp and audio
http://www.musicxp.net/dnn/

info about disabling unnessesary services which will free up ram and cpu:
http://www.blackviper.com

or, buy a damn cheap Quadcore q6600 and suiting mobo. my advice.

musicxp's information is now Subscription only.

duluxdog · Post by **duluxdog** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:32 pm

When I ran a Windows box I did a boatload of stuff. The most important was to adjust the page file size manually. There are loads of other little things you can do to the registry etc but it always seems like trying to polish a turd.

adventurepants_ · Post by **adventurepants_** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:36 pm

duluxdog wrote:When I ran a Windows box I did a boatload of stuff. The most important was to adjust the page file size manually. There are loads of other little things you can do to the registry etc but it always seems like trying to polish a turd.

on a modern machine with over 3gb ram, adjusting the page file, and defragging will have almost zero effect on performance.

djsynchro · Post by **djsynchro** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:04 pm

Mine is black.

djdownpat · Post by **djdownpat** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:13 am

djsynchro wrote:Mine is black.

Gloss or flat black ?