Hi guys and girls 
I have just finished building a brand new computer as a studio upgrade for my Protools rig and for mobile recording and I am blown away by the performance boost compared to my AMD64 3200 PC.
My new PC is based on the following components -
* Asus P5Q motherboard
* Intel Q9450 quad core CPU with aftermarket silent cooling
* Asus dual head graphics card
* 4GB Corsair RAM
* 320 GB Western Digital Sata2 hard drive partitioned to dual boot and for general data storage (stereo bounces, sound libraries etc)
* 750 GB Western Digital Sata2 hard drive partitioned into four Audio recording drives
* SilverStone 500 watt power supply and Media Center case
* 2 x Pioneer 115 dual layer DVD burners
In the studio, I boot this into my Protools partition and for live recording of gigs, I boot into another partition with Reaper and drivers for my Mackie Onyx.
I have three LCD monitors with the middle one connected to a KVM switch. This switch toggles my keyboard, trackball and the middle monitor between my new audio PC and my internet PC so I can have both running together. They are also networked so I can easily upload new music to my website.
I loaded up a big Protools session which has a ton of plugins and stretches my AMD3200 to it's limits and on the new PC, the CPU meter barely moves!!!! I was expecting a performance boost but this is WAY beyond what I was expecting! Needless to say, I am VERY happy!

I must say that a very large part of my decision to build this PC is to have something that will enable me to use my whole drum kit with Superior 2.0. I have two gigs this weekend which will give me the funds to purchase S2.0 next week and I can't wait to get it running on this new PC!!
Here's a couple of new photo's of my studio with the triple monitor setup and my new PC...
The heart of the SuperPuss Studio

....and the new PC

I have just finished building a brand new computer as a studio upgrade for my Protools rig and for mobile recording and I am blown away by the performance boost compared to my AMD64 3200 PC.
My new PC is based on the following components -
* Asus P5Q motherboard
* Intel Q9450 quad core CPU with aftermarket silent cooling
* Asus dual head graphics card
* 4GB Corsair RAM
* 320 GB Western Digital Sata2 hard drive partitioned to dual boot and for general data storage (stereo bounces, sound libraries etc)
* 750 GB Western Digital Sata2 hard drive partitioned into four Audio recording drives
* SilverStone 500 watt power supply and Media Center case
* 2 x Pioneer 115 dual layer DVD burners
In the studio, I boot this into my Protools partition and for live recording of gigs, I boot into another partition with Reaper and drivers for my Mackie Onyx.
I have three LCD monitors with the middle one connected to a KVM switch. This switch toggles my keyboard, trackball and the middle monitor between my new audio PC and my internet PC so I can have both running together. They are also networked so I can easily upload new music to my website.
I loaded up a big Protools session which has a ton of plugins and stretches my AMD3200 to it's limits and on the new PC, the CPU meter barely moves!!!! I was expecting a performance boost but this is WAY beyond what I was expecting! Needless to say, I am VERY happy!


I must say that a very large part of my decision to build this PC is to have something that will enable me to use my whole drum kit with Superior 2.0. I have two gigs this weekend which will give me the funds to purchase S2.0 next week and I can't wait to get it running on this new PC!!
Here's a couple of new photo's of my studio with the triple monitor setup and my new PC...
The heart of the SuperPuss Studio

....and the new PC

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