i7 Builds - Specs and Results

[pasacmorg]

Here’s a couple of options: https://www.pro-tools-pc.com/perform...ing-pro-tools/

[rossi68]

Well.... finally I ordered a new computer


ASUS Geforce GT 1030 2GB Silent
PCI-Express 3.0, GDDR5, Low-Profile, Pascal,
Intel Core i9-10900X prosessor
Socket-2066 10-Core, 20-Thread, 3.7/4.5GHz, 165W, 48 PCIe-lanes,
Corsair Hydro Series H60 CPU Kjøler
HyperX Fury RGB DDR4 3200MHz 32GB
Kingston A2000 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD
Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" HDD
SATA 6.0Gb/s, 7200RPM, 64MB cache, 3.5",
ASUS Prime X299-A II, Socket-2066
Corsair RM750 750W PSU
Windows 10 Pro OA

I think this will be a little bit more powerfull than my old i7980x rig....
If anyone spot something really stupid please let me know :)

[adavies]

Originally Posted by EGS

My Gigabyte motherboard has been a stable workhorse. I'll go Gigabyte for my next build for sure.

I took your advise, though in the end it was the Asus' use of PCIE X1(s) instead of X4 that pushed me over. Other than a Black Magic Deklink mini, I'm not sure what I'd use a PCIE X1 for. Thanks for the good advice.

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[EGS]

Originally Posted by adavies

I took your advise, ...

Which model did you get? Does it work?

[DBK]

CPU
Intel Core i7 10700k

Motherboard
Gigabyte z490 Vision D

CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-D15s

Extra Case Fans
Noctua NF A15 PWM
Noctua NF A15 PWM

RAM
Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 3200 CL16

GPU
Sapphire Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5 with Backplate PCI-E Graphics Card

Storage
Internal Storage 1 (Windows 10/Boot Drive) — Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB m.2 NVMe SSD
Internal Storage 2 (Pro Tools Sessions) — Samsung 970 EVO 1TB m.2 NVMe SSD
Internal Storage 3 (Sample Libraries) — Western Digital Black SN750 2TB m.2 NVMe SSD

PSU
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G3 80+ Gold 750w Fully Modular 24Pin

Case
Fractal Design Define R6 Silent Modular Case

Just one minor decision to be made in the SSD section though, not sure if I want to use the 500gb Evo Plus for the Main Boot SSD with all the applications, or the Pro Tools session drive controlling all of my pro tools sessions/recording. Or if it would be worth returning the 1tb EVO for a 500gb Evo Plus to solely run pro tools and thats it. Although I feel like thats a waste of an m.2 slot (only have 3) considering pro tools can be on the same SSD as samples now.

[Ben Jenssen]

WOW. (Drools)
I'm shure you'll get lots of feedback on this.
My immediate thought was; what about backup? With lots of drive space, I would try to make a setup to automate cloning of, well, as much as I could. At least system and sessions volumes.
Instinct tells me to put system on the fastes drive.

[DBK]

Originally Posted by Ben Jenssen

WOW. (Drools)
I'm shure you'll get lots of feedback on this.
My immediate thought was; what about backup? With lots of drive space, I would try to make a setup to automate cloning of, well, as much as I could. At least system and sessions volumes.
Instinct tells me to put system on the fastes drive.

Oh yah I'll have plenty of random external back up drives. Wasn't counting those as they don't really have anything to do with performance.

[The Weed]

Clone or image your OS and Session drives to a back up drive. I image mine nightly, keeping a rolling three days worth and also before any install/uninstall/update/upgrade. I use Macrium Reflect - the paid version because it has Image Guardian that protects the images against Ransomware. Once you set up backup templates, it's one click and forget it, the program does the rest, even shutting down the computer after making an image and verifying it (you can change that if you don't want the computer shut down after an image is made). Makes it easy to recover from issues or swap in a new, unformatted drive and restore your OS or Sessions to it.

I'd also get a higher wattage power supply. You can never have too much power

[TOM@METRO]

Originally Posted by The Weed

I'd also get a higher wattage power supply. You can never have too much power

^^^This^^^

I lost RAM a CPU and a drive from overworking a too small power supply.

[DBK]

So torn now, lots of people were telling me 750w is overkill lol. PcPartsPicker estimates my wattage at 510w. If I overshoot by 20% that still leaves me an extra 150w with the EVGA?

Plus its a newer style 24 pin PSU, not a 20+4. That should help a bit compared to a 'lesser' or older style 20 pin PSU wont it?