Fed up

[Timo]

Originally Posted by dysamoria

here's the reason: there's too many chefs in the kitchen of the computer industry

Indeed. The number of possible configurations of all components in a system is gargantuan. And most off-the-shelf PCs are not designed with high-stress, performance music/video production in mind.

There is a way around it, and that's placing your money with people who have tested many, many configurations for music systems and have the expertise and support to back it up.

One company that jumps out a mile is http://www.adkproaudio.com (ships worldwide), the guy behind it is driven to obsession (in a good way) in creating absolute optimal configurations for music production PCs. He buys loads of new stock and torture tests everything with everything, and he sure as hell knows his stuff.

Another UK-based company that I know of is http://www.paqt.co.uk

I reckon if you really want to buy a hassle-free PC it would be worth paying that little bit extra for these kind of services, by people who have tested multiple configurations to come up with ones that work optimally. Ones that allow the system and busses to run unhindered.

and 90% of them want THEIR version of a "standard" to be the standard.

That's the same with Dell, etc.. They're just mass, generic PCs, which are only good for office, gaming, and one other thing. The equivalent of a chicken factory production-line.