billy.
where i come from there is an old truism amongst techs.
Q. how does one tell a good tech ?
A. the one with many years of experience who sometimes says "i just dont know".
thus i dont know how to advise you further. too many variables.
plus the tech is changeing so fast, and one can always run into probs on any config.
thus you will find lots of good techs are leery giving advise
on diy builds.

but i WILL comment on the following.
1. POWER. as youve commented on interruptions both with local power and your pc,
have you found any TIME correlation tween when your local power dipped/whatever /ups kicking in,
and hiccups on the pc ? IE SAME TIME.
possibly, no matter how small , it takes a small time for your ups to kick in.
thus a hiccup.
are you talking whole house generac type ups you have ? or local pc ups ?
2. THE NEXT STEP.
if youve followed my exchanges with simon on here (a very knowledgeable pgmusic staff person) you will see we both like refurb computers. because one can save a bunch of money,
and they are cleaned up/warrantied, and are powerfull "beasts".. i can buy refurb "beasts" for 600 to 700 bucks.
i7's//xeons off lease with loads of ram, just need to install 2 ssd's and come with lotds of usb ports for connecting such things as usb audio interfaces etc,
so this is another option. i always get a warranty , and signed paper i can return system within a certain time frame if i have probs. or if my audio interface wont work.
i also make sure i can return any audio interface.
i look for in store fast boot ups into biab and my music software. plus i go into rb and see how many traks.
action>>test audio performance.


if you STILL feel doing a diy is the best for you.
THEN i would at least get into this "building your own pc thread" loads of experts on it.

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/560019-quot-today-we-build-our-studio-pc-quot-thread.html


peace.
muso.
ps still i have no info as to how many plug ins you might use in the future.
this makes a difference.

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 11/15/20 04:28 AM.
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