![]() The truth is, a PC will run Cubase much more efficiently, given the same processor, RAM etc. Very affordable mac and you could focus on your music rather than the build & maintenance of a Hack unit. Or, you could try a mac mini with your MacBook Pro (you didn’t say which model). ![]() – You could save money and build a Hackintosh, if you have the time and know-how. Mac Pro is about expansion, but also more RAM slots than a laptop, which you might want for orchestra VI work. I also have way, WAY more CPU headroom than I will ever use (large surround projects with lots of plugs). I don’t think it’s ever crashed or hung on me. – Cubase is very stable on my 2012 Mac Pro. Even a mac mini quad will run circles around it. Thanks for your answers, they will help me make a choice. Is Cubase responding the same way on PC as on a Mac? I mean is it so stable, ergonomic, comfortable… ? New Mac Pro will come soon but…it will be very expensive much more than a Pc I would build, so I’m on Mac since 2008, before I was on PCs I built.Īll is fine on my Mac Pro but as I make bigger and bigger projects (orchestral =symphonic) my installation (this Mac Pro+ a MacBookPro with VEPro) is not powerful enough. This new Tunderbolt technology looks interesting though, doesn’t it? Had my eye on the Steinberg Sound card for a while but I’m not sure about FireWire for sound cards. But alas, I reckon it’s days are numbered. Got all my hardware integrated into Cubase and everything. I’ll be upping the PSU to about 850 watt and I’ll be sticking with intel, gigabyte or Asus but I’ll probably spend at least a month researching the rest, FireWire chip set, RAM etc etc.Įdit: Also, my sound card is about ten years old and hasn’t been supported for years, yet it just keeps on working. Sometime next year however I plan on building a beast machine with a fancy case and oversized cooling system for over-clocking (never done that before but, what the hell!) It does everything I want for now but I don’t use huge sample libraries. It’s a Gigabyte EX58, I7, 6 gigs, fan-less NVIDIA Graphics. Presently I have a 650 watt Corsair PSU, and trust me, my machine is full of stuff… like one 240 gig SSD, 3 standard hard drives, two UAD-2 cards, a PowerCore Firewire Element and a EMU 1820m Sound card. Personally I stick with Intel processors and either Gigabyte or Asus Mother boards. I reckon, at the moment, if you shop clever, you could build a monster PC for under a grand (Brit Money) or not much more depending on how much RAM. ![]() Sorry and I do know quite a few people that do run this system with win 7 64 bit and they do run perfectly once they have been optimized for music production Im 100% sure you wouldn’t need to upgrade for a few years The reason im recommending this build is because now the new 2011 socket is becoming more widely available the 1155 setups are getting cheaper and cheaper so I decided to build the exact built myself im just waiting for the 3770k to turn up and im all systems go. Well may I recommend some hardware for you to check out, a favourite motherboard seems to be the asus p8z77v series 1155 socket and it’s also used by some mods for testing and as the latest i7 processor is 3770k it’s well suited and that bundle with the corsair 32 gig or ram will suit all you needs. ![]() No problem to fix, only music to do…so I’m ready to buy a new one but if somebody tells me (s)he has a PC with say 32 gig of ram or more and overall Cubase 7 running faultlessly, I’ll consider building a machine again.Īre there people who manage to use many sound libraries (VSL,NI etc…) and VSTIs like Spectrasonics’ instruments and MachFive? If yes, on kind of machine? And as I wanted a machine with plenty of ram I looked towards Apple, got a Mac Pro and bought ram at OWC. Precisely with the motherboard a Tyan …Īt the end I build a 4800+ with an Asus mobo, I still use in my little music network but with only 3 gig ram recognizedīecause of the mobo. I was not very lucky with a machine that was powerful (at that time) a dual-core with 2x MP from AMD. Yes, I’m comfortable with a screwdriver - repaired a lot of old PCs in my school and installed new ones a couple of years ago (I’m retired now). Thanks for your answers Dark Blue Man and Ruffindajungle.
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