Is My System Good Enough For PT LE 8?

[davidlustrup]

i have a AMD system this is why i ask lol

this pc was hand built by me

my biggest concern is the chipset....is it correctand will it work good for PT LE?


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Computer
Model : System manufacturer System Product Name
Workgroup : group
Host Name : davespc
User : Studio

Processor
Model : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor
Speed : 3.41GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 64kB, Synchronous, Write-Back, 2-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 4x 512kB, ECC, Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size
L3 On-board Cache : 6MB, ECC, Synchronous, Write-Back, 48-way, 64 byte line size, 4 threads sharing

Computer
Mainboard : Asus M4A78T-E
BIOS : AMI 2402 01/05/2010
Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 3GB DIMM DDR3

Chipset
Model : AMD RS780 Host Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2GHz (4GHz)
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 101MHz (202MHz)

Chipset
Model : AMD F10h Athlon 64/Opteron/Sempron HT Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2GHz (4GHz)
Total Memory : 6GB DIMM DDR3
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 536MHz (1GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : OCZ OCZ3G1600LV2G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-8500U DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-16 4-26-8-4)
Memory Module : OCZ OCZ3G1600LV2G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-8500U DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-16 4-26-8-4)
Memory Module : OCZ OCZ3G1600LV2G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-8500U DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-16 4-26-8-4)

Video System
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 (2x 800 SP 750MHz, 2x 1GB DDR5 4x900MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 (2x800SP 10C 507MHz, 2x1GB 500MHz)
Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 (2x800SP 10C 507MHz, 2x1GB 500MHz)

Storage Devices
WDC WD5000AAKS-65A7B0 (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache) : 466GB<---------Recording Drive
SAMSUNG HD300LJ (300GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 279GB (F:)<--------Gaming Drive
SAMSUNG HD300LJ (300GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 279GB (G:)<-------- Storage Drive
WDC WD10EACS-65D6B0 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 32MB Cache) : 932GB (C:)<---------Pro Tools Install
WDC WD10EACS-65D6B0 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 5200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache) : 932GB (H:)<--------storage drive only
ATAPI DVD A DH22A9P (ATA66, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
ATAPI DVD A DH22A9P (ATA66, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (E:)

Logical Storage Devices
backup2 (F:) : 279GB (NTFS) @ SAMSUNG HD300LJ (300GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
recording drive (G:) : 1TB (NTFS) @ SAMSUNG HD300LJ (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 32MB Cache)
Studio XP (C:) : 149GB (NTFS) @ ST3160318AS (160GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
Game Box (H:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EACS-65D6B0 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ ATAPI DVD A DH22A9P (ATA66, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Optical Drive (E:) : N/A @ ATAPI DVD A DH22A9P (ATA66, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:) : N/A

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ATI (AMD) IXP SB600 SMBUS Controller
LPC Hub Controller 2 : ATI (AMD) SB700 LPC host controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : ITE IT8720F
Audio Device : ASUS IXP SB600 High Definition Audio Controller<------ disabled by me
Audio Codec : VIA 0397h<------------------------------------------ disabled by me
Audio Device : ATI (AMD) HD48x0 audio<-----------------------------disabled by me
Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) AA01h<------------------------------------disabled by me
Avid Mbox3 Mini <-----------------------------------------------------------------------CURRENT RECORDING INTERFACE

Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : ATI (AMD) SB700 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
Disk Controller : ATI (AMD) SB700 IDE
USB Controller 1 : ATI (AMD) SB700 USB OHCI0 Controller
USB Controller 2 : ATI (AMD) SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
USB Controller 3 : ATI (AMD) SB700 USB EHCI Controller
USB Controller 4 : ATI (AMD) SB700 USB OHCI0 Controller
USB Controller 5 : ATI (AMD) SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
USB Controller 6 : ATI (AMD) SB700 USB EHCI Controller
USB Controller 7 : ATI (AMD) SB700 USB OHCI2 Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : ASUS 3403h
FireWire/1394 Controller 2 : Creative Labs Audigy 2 Firewire Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : ATI SB600 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 2 : ATI AFS SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport (Ethernet, 100Mbps)<------- disabled when recording

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 3)
Platform Compliance : x86

[Hotcrazyfruit]

Yes and no

those 8 MB hard drives will not play nice with protools, same with the 5400 RPM drives. get something at least 7200 RPM and 16MB cache. Make sure protools is on a separate drive form your sessions.

Everything else looks good to me. what type of interface are you thinking of using?

If its USB, make sure you disable power management on USB ports via device manager.

If its a firewire interface, make sure its a TI chipset.

Nick

[arkitek1]

I'm new to PTools and digital recordiing. last Spring I built an AMD Tri-core Phenom on an ASUS motherboard similar to yours, and bought a new internal 500 gig WD similar to yours. I could not get PT LE to run (started with XP system). I had to disable ALL USB devices, including an external 300 gig WD and also a USB hub with nothing connected as well as my USB keyboard and mouse. I finally got it to load and run bits of session, the problem apparently being within my Mbox 2 I guess. But when McAfee updates crashed XP systems last summer, I updated to WIN7, and all kinds of problems again. I have finally reverted to a 6 year old Gateway Media Center running a new copy of XP on a completely reformatted hard drive, with a 2nd internal 500 gig Seagate as my PT drive. I have no internet, no virus scan, and NO USB peripherals (using wired mouse and keyboard) and a single core (old Pentium) processor with 2 gigs ram. So far it's doing what I ask it to do.. though I'm much too new to place any real demands on it yet. Good luck on your AMB build. Please post your results as you go through setup.

[davidlustrup]

Originally Posted by Hotcrazyfruit

Yes and no

those 8 MB hard drives will not play nice with protools, same with the 5400 RPM drives. get something at least 7200 RPM and 16MB cache. Make sure protools is on a separate drive form your sessions. <------- my PT drive is a 1TB 7200 RPM 32 meg cache and my recording drive is a 500 gig 7200 rpm 16 meg cache

Everything else looks good to me. what type of interface are you thinking of using?<----- im using a new Avid Mbox Mini

If its USB, make sure you disable power management on USB ports via device manager.

If its a firewire interface, make sure its a TI chipset.

Nick

[The Weed]

Pro Tools the program should be installed on your System Drive, ie C:

Cheers,