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First Time Build- Video Editing/Audio Production, Recording/Photo Work/ 3x OS

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Hello guys first and foremost i want to thank you ALL for reading my post :thumbup:

I am a complete noob when it comes to builds and will probably pay a friend of mine to put this together for me,
for the past two months I've been considering a hackintosh, reliability and power are of true concern to me.

What Am i looking to do with this machine?
- Video Editing (final cut pro, after effects)
- Music Production/Recording (Pro tools 8 and plenty of VSTI)
- Photography editing (aperture, Photoshop and ligthroom)

i need this machine to be able to handle all 3 types of work, i also need to be able to run 3 O.S's

Windows XP (for audio, as some of the programs i have are completely stable)
Windows 7 (some new audio programs require it as a minimum)
MAC OS X? (for video editing + photography)

My budget here is 1200-1500 (max)

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Things i already own

*Operating System* *System Model*
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 11/17/2008 3:48:02 AM Intel Corporation
Enclosure Type: Desktop
*Processor ^a * *Main Circuit Board ^b *
2.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
4096 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Not hyper-threaded Board: Intel Corporation DP35DP AAD81073-211
Serial Number: USDP9020001U
Bus Clock: 266 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. DPP3510J.86A.0517.2009.0107.2203 01/07/2009
*Drives* *Memory Modules ^c,d *
1000.21 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
192.05 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203N [Optical drive]
ST3500410AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5VM068H3, rev CC31,
SMART <http://www.belarc.com/smart.html> Status: Healthy
ST3500410AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 5VM04PCA, rev CC31,
SMART <http://www.belarc.com/smart.html> *Failure* 2038 Megabytes
Usable Installed Memory
Slot 'J6H1' has 2048 MB
Slot 'J6H2' is Empty
Slot 'J6J1' is Empty
Slot 'J6J2' is Empty
*Local Drive Volumes*
c: (NTFS on drive 0) * 500.11 GB 1.54 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 1) 500.11 GB 190.50 GB free
*Controllers* *Display*
Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926
Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (3x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (3x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series
[Display adapter]
Acer X193W [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n ETLAT0C025837DC3404007, September 2008)
*Bus Adapters* *Multimedia*
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2934
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2935
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2936
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2937
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2938
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2939
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293A
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293C ATI


obvious things i need , new hard drives, RAM, processor? motherboard? TI Chipset (pro tools is picky with what it works and doesn't)

is there any thing on here that i could keep?



I truly appreciate your help and look forward to starting this journey!

Thanks a million
 
i need this machine to be able to handle all 3 types of work, i also need to be able to run 3 O.S's

Windows XP (for audio, as some of the programs i have are completely stable)
Windows 7 (some new audio programs require it as a minimum)
MAC OS X? (for video editing + photography)

My budget here is 1200-1500 (max)

is there any thing on here that i could keep?

If you are going to build a VE/P rig, you should first take a look at the nofilmschool build - http://nofilmschool.com/build-a-hackintosh/
Then you might look at http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...d5h-i7-3770k-gigabyte-geforce-gtx-660-ti.html

About the only hardware you would be able to salvage from the old machine is the HDD with WinXp on it. It will move from build to build with no problems, just install the new drivers for the new hardware.

Something you should know about WinXP, though, is that it wants to be first in the boot order and doesn't get along too well with Win7.

My suggestion here is to do what I did. Install a hotswap bay in a 5.25" optical drive slot. I have used this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990001, this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990011, and am currently using this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990016.
Or you could buy a case with external hotswap bays.

This allows me to boot only the OS I currently want to use with no other OS connected - eliminates interferences and one OS possibly corrupting the HDD of another OS. I can also use the 2.5" bay for a SSD for a boot/system drive and a 3.5" velociraptor for User files/scratch disk.

All drives connected internally are used as shared drives / dedicated drives for an OS.
 
thanks for the advice, i will build off those two threads you directed me to.

I think the swappable bay sounds more enticing and less problematic, if i wanted to clone the current drive to an SSD would it still work?

i feel like my current drive is a little old and am worried that it could crash or something (my previous computer had this happened and i been traumatized since) :lol:
 
thanks for the advice, i will build off those two threads you directed me to.

I think the swappable bay sounds more enticing and less problematic, if i wanted to clone the current drive to an SSD would it still work?

i feel like my current drive is a little old and am worried that it could crash or something (my previous computer had this happened and i been traumatized since) :lol:

Since I have never cloned a WinXP HDD to a SSD, I can't say it would work or not, but from my reading it is generally recommended not to clone from HDD to SSD. Especially if the drive is old and might have 512M sectors. It doesn't react well with 4k sector SSD and the offset is incorrect (63k) for the 4k drives (64k). I would really recommend you install from scratch or use an app like http://www.paragon-software.com/home/hdm-personal/scenarios.html#4 to do the migration. It claims to correct the offset during the cloning process so it is correct on the ssd.
 
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