Best Desktops for Pro Tools LE

[UrbanTragic]

I have a HP G60 laptop that i just bought 6 months but its not working with my Mbox 2 Mini that i just bought. I think its because of the AMD Turion 64 X2 RM-70, or the Nvidia GeForce 8200M G. Im Not sure but this is my first experience with pro tools and it sucks because of the 6086 and audio clock error i keep getting.

[pianosound]

Urban Tragic,, and anyone looking to build a PC for PT 8 (or any DIGI LE), there is a ton of info if you just go backwards in this thread, find a list of parts that fit your budget and go for it! There are a few of them under 1000.00,,, and if you want to spend a little more, the i7 thread is below the sticky threads,,,,,, one very fast PC with all the power you could possibly need for VI's and loads of plugs!!! Take your time, and read through this thread (where you see PC builds and test results) you can skip through the un needed stuff fairly quickly!!
Good Luck ,,,,, Mike PS !!! Always check the DIGI support pages for excepted hardware!!! But you will find some lists (parts) here that have been tested with time, that will do very well.

[Empireofthesun]

I need a bit of an upgrade for my Comptuer and wondering what specs i should get to upgrade it a bit?here are the specs below

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2
16MB 7200RPM
Acer 19" Wide V193Wb, 1440x900,
2000:1, 5ms, Black
Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP, P35, Socket-775,
DDR2, WIFI, ATX, GbLAN demo

Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7203A,
LabelFlash, Multirecorder(Ram), IDE, Black
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110,
USB/PS2, keyboard/mouse, US, Retail
Antistatic Wrist band
including ground cord
Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5
Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's
Power Cable PC 2m

[macr0w]

What happened to Allen Hallada?

I was away for a while but Allen is really MIA.

[Groovbox303]

Hi,

Am a new user picked up info about a lot of desktop setups running through this thread, I own a Digi 001 with my P4 and its dying now am now looking for getting Pro Tools 8/ 003. Was looking at getting HP Pavilion m9600t with Intel's I7 new processor so the setup can last me a bit. I know theres still no news of a 64 bit upgrade for Windows for Pro Tools so I was told by HP if i upgrade to Vista Ultimate I can run it in 32 bit mode as well. Please let me know if this setup will run fine with Pro Tools 8 LE. Your helps really appreciated! :)

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate (64 bit-but can be run as 32 bit)

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-920 processor (2.66GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache)

RAM: 4 or 6 GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM

Hard Drive: 750GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive

Graphics Card: 768MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600GS [DVI, VGA, HDMI]

[sunburst79]

Originally Posted by Groovbox303

Hi,

Am a new user picked up info about a lot of desktop setups running through this thread, I own a Digi 001 with my P4 and its dying now am now looking for getting Pro Tools 8/ 003. Was looking at getting HP Pavilion m9600t with Intel's I7 new processor so the setup can last me a bit. I know theres still no news of a 64 bit upgrade for Windows for Pro Tools so I was told by HP if i upgrade to Vista Ultimate I can run it in 32 bit mode as well. Please let me know if this setup will run fine with Pro Tools 8 LE. Your helps really appreciated! :)

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate (64 bit-but can be run as 32 bit)

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-920 processor (2.66GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache)

RAM: 4 or 6 GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM

Hard Drive: 750GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive

Graphics Card: 768MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600GS [DVI, VGA, HDMI]

I have had a 001 running on a P945/dual core rig and it ran fine on XP. I have not tried it with more than a dual core. I had the 001 going on Windows 7 on the same machine and it ran OK (albeit with some GUI weirdness that had no effect on PT). I cant say how quad core would run or 64 bit Bista. I would think the i7 is faily safe but would avoid Vista 64. and stick with XP. The 001 is almost a decade old at this point and its asking a lot to run on a OS it was never coded for.

[Groovbox303]

Thanks for your reply surburst, If you look at my post I was actually verifying the new computer setup for Pro Tools 8 LE / 003 that I will be buying. So you think for Pro Tools 8 if I ran windows vista 64 bit ultimate as 32 bit it still wouldnt be ok? I thought PT 8 is verified ok as long as windows vista is running in 32 bit

[-Shock-]

Originally Posted by pianosound

Urban Tragic,, and anyone looking to build a PC for PT 8 (or any DIGI LE), there is a ton of info if you just go backwards in this thread, find a list of parts that fit your budget and go for it! There are a few of them under 1000.00,,, and if you want to spend a little more, the i7 thread is below the sticky threads,,,,,, one very fast PC with all the power you could possibly need for VI's and loads of plugs!!! Take your time, and read through this thread (where you see PC builds and test results) you can skip through the un needed stuff fairly quickly!!
Good Luck ,,,,, Mike PS !!! Always check the DIGI support pages for excepted hardware!!! But you will find some lists (parts) here that have been tested with time, that will do very well.

Heeey Pianosound!

This isn't really about the stuff you said its more about your Core i7 Setup...The thing is that I ordered my parts yesterday and looking at your rig right now it looks really simmilar to what I'll have in mine. I'm just curious about the ASUS MoBo. I ordered a P6T MoBo which basically the little brother of the P6T Deluxe that u have and I just like to know if the Firewire that ur board has works properly with the 003R in PT8 or do you use PCI Firewire card (with TI chipset) to get the firewire working? Since you are a Core i7 user what do you think of it? Does it run with PT8 flawlessly or does it still has some glitches even with the Fast CPU? If it has what are u experiencing?

I'll be more than happy if u could reply fast as u could!

[Vandy]

Hi gang!
I've had a semi-custom i7-920 rig with Vista 64bit (Business) since March & have been running an MoBox2 Mini with PTLE 7>8 without problems.
That being said, the "running" part is whatever load a newcomer can create. As far as installing programs on Vista 64bit, the OS (& application) know what's possible and installs any program either in:
C:/Program Files or C:/Program Files (x86)
The (x86) directory is where the 32bit programs go & they automatically run in that "space", there's no manual switching that needs to be done (unlike Mac's need for you to "start" OS9 if you're in OSX) . . .
So, C:/Program Files (x86) is where PTLE 8 operates from & with a second SATA harddrive for Sessions, etc., the learning curve is being tackled without any incompatibility problems adding to my feelings of inadequacy.
So far . . .

[Reckah]

1st time putting together a comp for Protools (but will have some help). I had one put together in 2002, lasted this long, but its time for an upgrade. I am really curious to hear what you think. Oh and I'm currently running Digi 002 Rack, with plans to upgrade to Digi 003 Rack+

CHIP: Intel Core i7
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM: CORSAIR 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 (2 for a total of 12GB)
VIDEO CARD: MSI GeForce 9500 GT 512MB
HARD DRIVES: (2) Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB

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