OK, Now it's time to assemble a music PC/server. The components I have finalized are below, other choices/information welcome:
1. Cabinet (Cooler Master HAF EVO)
2. Power Supply (Corsair VS Series VS550 - 550 Watt Power Supply)
3. Motherboard/Chipset (Not decided yet, need suggestion)
4. RAM (Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR 3 1600Mhz)
5. Keyboard/Mouse (Logitech K400 Wireless Touch Keyboard)
6. HDD (Western Digital Green 2TB, already purchased)
7. Sound Card (Asus Xonar DG Professional Sound Card) it has optical out, if doesn't sounds good will add DAC later
8. CD/DVD reader/writer (LG DVD Writer 24X SATA)
8. Monitor (Acer P166HQL 15.6 Inch LCD Monitor), can't go beyond 17" in actual width of monitor to make consistency with the other equipments in rack
9. Fans required (Cooler Master/Corsair)
10. Applications : Foobar2000/JRiver/XMBC.
This PC would be for MUSIC ONLY, so please suggest if anything better, or best thing in price.
1. Cabinet (Cooler Master HAF EVO)
2. Power Supply (Corsair VS Series VS550 - 550 Watt Power Supply)
3. Motherboard/Chipset (Not decided yet, need suggestion)
4. RAM (Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR 3 1600Mhz)
5. Keyboard/Mouse (Logitech K400 Wireless Touch Keyboard)
6. HDD (Western Digital Green 2TB, already purchased)
7. Sound Card (Asus Xonar DG Professional Sound Card) it has optical out, if doesn't sounds good will add DAC later
8. CD/DVD reader/writer (LG DVD Writer 24X SATA)
8. Monitor (Acer P166HQL 15.6 Inch LCD Monitor), can't go beyond 17" in actual width of monitor to make consistency with the other equipments in rack
9. Fans required (Cooler Master/Corsair)
10. Applications : Foobar2000/JRiver/XMBC.
This PC would be for MUSIC ONLY, so please suggest if anything better, or best thing in price.