i7 Builds - Specs and Results

[Gordabega]

Originally Posted by CCtzer

Thanks guys!... so filosofem this Mobo -----> GA-X58A-UD3R (FA) Rev.2, i see it has FW ports on the back, ive been reading that some FW that comes with mobos do not work with pt, just wondering do the ones the GA-X58A-UD3R (FA) Rev.2 work fine, just to make sure

Rev 2 is up to FB now. I have a Rev 2 Fb and it seems to be fine so far. i have only opened a few older sessions and done the DVERB test though. nothing overly taxing (real world) yet.

[Empireofthesun]

Just wondering does i950 work good with PT LE?
Im getting it or a i920
so if someone could let me know before i buy
getting gigabyte x58 motherboard

[Keiser Soze]

@ Empire

It's up to you, how much horse-power do you want? How much are you willing to spend for that extra power? I got the 920 and overclocked it. I never expected to get the amount power I'm getting out of this thing.

[Gordabega]

i got my 930 from micro center and it was actually cheaper than the 920 at the time i bought it. i think the 930 was $199 and the 920 was $229.

[filosofem]

Originally Posted by spkguitar

The Gigabyte boards all have firewire with Texas Instruments chipsets. They will work fine.

Did not know that, yet I still have thee old SIIG PCI card in place.

[filosofem]

Originally Posted by Gordabega

Rev 2 is up to FB now. I have a Rev 2 Fb and it seems to be fine so far. i have only opened a few older sessions and done the DVERB test though. nothing overly taxing (real world) yet.

Although that is true, personally I have found that it is not Pro Tools I need to be worried about as updating to FB disrupted Windows 7 Updates on one partition so I rolled the revision back.

[Neil33]

Anyone forsee any problems with this build? I already have a case, power supply and video card so that should be good. No sample hard drive (yet).


1 x ($209.99) MB GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
1 x ($299.99) CPU INTEL|CORE I7 950 3.06G 45N R
2 x ($89.99) HD 1T|WD 7K 64M SATAIII WD1002FAEX - OEM
1 x ($21.99) DVD BURNER LITE-ON | IHAS-324-98 R
1 x ($134.99) MEM 2Gx3|MUSHKIN 998677B R
1 x ($139.99) WIN PRO 7 64-BT ENG 1PK DSP OEI DVD - OEM

[filosofem]

Check Gigabyte for recommended RAM for the motherboard.

[mano111]

Ive used mushkin DDR3 1600 both gold and silver lines with the GigaX58A builds with no issues. I did have issues with 1333. I cant tell what RAM you have selected but you might want to verify its 1600.

[Neil33]

They should be links so you can click them. And it is 1333 RAM. What kind of problems did you have with them?