[EProtz]

Hi guys! First, thanks to all the people that helped me in the past with your suggestions, comments, etc.

So, I sold my laptop and built a new desktop rig (See sandra) following HW specs. posted here in the I7 builds post, just to have a better compatibility chance from people that already tried them. I´m currently running Pro Tools 9.06 and I´m still getting the error message "running out on cpu, remove some plugins..." when I´m mixing. The cpu does not even hit 35%, same reading in the task manager.

I´ve done every possible optimization listed on the avid´s site,videos and also here on other post. I don´t even connect the rig to the internet and have installed the least possible programs. The sad history is it goes from workflow to ERRORflow with PT, and I have to take the tracks to old cubase 4 to end the mix there, where I can get 80% of the cpu with no errors of freezes.WHY?

Any solution to this issue?

How much cpu do you use in windows with the same or another close as the intel I7 960 processor?

Does somebody know if running in Mac will increase the flow and cpu usage?

Is it worth to turn this one into a hackintosh?

It is worth to OVECLOCK?

Another problem that I have is that I can not increase the buffer size because something is not working well between the Focusrite scarlett 8/6 and PT9. Again no problems with Cubase. When I change the buffer size, and pro tools restarts, the session collapses into a nightmare!! There is stuttering, audio drop outs, distortion, or even it dies with no audio coming out. As I said, I have no more workflow!! Is it that hard with PT?

Here is my sandra report

SiSoftware Sandra

ID
Host Name : EP-PC
Workgroup : WORKGROUP

Computer
Model : GigaByte X58A-UD3R
Chassis : GigaByte Desktop
Mainboard : GigaByte X58A-UD3R
BIOS : Award (OEM) FE 12/23/2010
Total Memory : 12GB DIMM DDR3

Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz (4C 8T 3.2GHz, 2.13GHz IMC, 4x 256kB L2, 8MB L3)

Chipset
Memory Controller : Giga-Byte X58 I/O Hub 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz) FSB
Memory Controller : Giga-Byte Core Desktop (Bloomfield) UnCore 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz) FSB, 3x 4GB DIMM DDR3 2x 532MHz (1GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)

Video System
Video Adapter : AMD Radeon HD 6450 (SM5.0 625MHz, 1GB 533MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL GP Processor : Caicos (160SP 2C 625MHz, 1GB)
Compute Shader Processor : AMD Radeon HD 6450 (625MHz, 1GB 533MHz)

Storage Devices
WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5") : 932GB (F:) (G:) (H:)
Seagate ST500DM002-1BC142 (500.1GB, SATA600, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (C:)
Seagate ST500DM002-1BC142 (500.1GB, SATA600, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (D:)
CHIPSBNK v3.3.8.8 (2.1GB, USB2) : 2GB (I:)
ELBY CLONEDRIVE (SCSI, SCSI-2, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD-R, CD-R, 256kB Cache) : N/A (E:)

Logical Storage Devices
System Reserved : 100MB (NTFS)
Audio (D:) : 466GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST500DM002-1BC142 (500.1GB, SATA600, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache)
librerias (H:) : 346GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5")
Storage 1 (F:) : 295GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5")
Storage 2 (G:) : 291GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5")
Hard Disk (C:) : 466GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST500DM002-1BC142 (500.1GB, SATA600, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache)
Optical Drive (E:) : N/A @ ELBY CLONEDRIVE (SCSI, SCSI-2, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD-R, CD-R, 256kB Cache)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Giga-Byte LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : ITE IT8720F
Audio Device : Giga-Byte HD Audio Controller
Audio Device : Pine Technology NI Caicos HDMI Audio [AMD RADEON HD 6450]
Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) HDMI Audio
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte 88SE91A3 SATA-600 Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4 : Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8 : Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Giga-Byte TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

Network Services

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Business 6.01.7600
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 4.2

Again, thanks for the replies!!

Erick