Custom PC Build - Pro Tools issues

[hedcase23]

I just finished building a PC for my studio:

i7 3770k CPU
16gb DDR3 Ram
2tb HDD 7200rpm
128gb SSD
GTX560 GPU
Windows 7 Home Premium
All drivers/software up to date

So far I have installed/uninstalled Pro Tools 3 times and I'm still having a major problem; the playback keeps skipping. A song will play normally for 20-30 sec at a time, then randomly skip a second or 2. I've tried changing every setting I can possibly think of/find online and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Theres no possible way it's a lack of power, as these tracks were recorded on a dual core, 4 year old Best Buy special and played fine. The only possible explanation I have is that maybe my file transfer has corrupted something. I transferred all of my session data using a Toshiba external drive. I have already done this transfer 3 times as well. I just can't seem to figure out what the issue is. Any ideas?
Any help would be suuuper greatly appreciated as this down time is losing me money. Thanks in advance!

[YYR123]

What's ur playback settings when it skips?

[EGS]

Originally Posted by hedcase23

...the playback keeps skipping...

1) What drive are you recording your PTools sessions to? Internal or external? Type of drive? Type of drive connection? Some work well, some do not.
2) Try creating a blank session, then Import Session Data from the questionable session(s). Sometimes this will fix corrupted sessions.
3) Post a Sandra, as explained here:
http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=300050

[hedcase23]

Chipset
Memory Controller : ASRock Core (Ivy Bridge) DRAM Controller 100MHz, 2x 8GB DIMM DDR3 1.33GHz 128-bit

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : G.Skill F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : G.Skill F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Samsung SyncMaster
(1680x1050, 22.0")
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (7CU 336SP SM5.0 1.7GHz, 512kB L2, 1GB 4.1GHz 256-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (336SP 7C 1.7GHz, 512kB L2, 1GB 4.1GHz 256-bit)
Compute Shader Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (336SP 1.7GHz, 512kB L2, 1GB 4.1GHz 256-bit)
CUDA GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (336SP 7C 1.7GHz, 512kB L2, 1GB 4.1GHz 256-bit)

Storage Devices
OCZ-VERTEX4 (128GB, SATA600, SSD, 32MB Cache) : 119GB (C:)
Seagate ST2000VX000-1CU164 (2TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 2TB (D:) (Z:)
TSSTcorpDVD-ROM SH-118AB (7.6GB, SATA, DVD+-R, CD-R) : 7GB (F:)

Logical Storage Devices
System Reserved : 100MB (NTFS)
Reserved (D:) : 100MB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST2000VX000-1CU164 (2TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
SSD (C:) : 119GB (NTFS) @ OCZ-VERTEX4 (128GB, SATA600, SSD, 32MB Cache)
HHD (Z:) : 2TB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST2000VX000-1CU164 (2TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
Pro Tools (F:) : 7GB (CDFS) @ TSSTcorpDVD-ROM SH-118AB (7.6GB, SATA, DVD+-R, CD-R)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASRock Panther Point LPC Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T0 C3-33
Audio Device : ASRock Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Realtek Semi High Definition Audio
Audio Device : EVGA GF110 High Definition Audio Controller
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : ASRock Panther Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Controller : ASRock Asmedia 106x SATA Controller
USB Controller 1 : ASRock Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : ASRock Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
USB Controller 3 : ASRock Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
USB Controller 4 : ASRock ASMedia XHCI Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : NEC uPD72874 IEEE1394 OHCI 1.1 3-port PHY-Link Ctrlr
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) (Ethernet)
Network Adapter : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet (Ethernet)
Wireless Adapter : 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Adapter (802.11n (HT), AES-CCMP, 150Mbps)

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

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 7.7

[hedcase23]

Anyone have any ideas?

I disabled my wifi connections and that seemed to help a bit, but I'm still getting skipping. I have 2 sessions coming up this week and really need to get this problem sorted out. Thanks guys.

[albee1952]

What are the details of the session?
Sample rate?(96K will use a lot more horsepower than 48K)
Bit depth?(I recommend 24 bit, always)
buffer setting?(try it at 1024)
what interface?
I hope you get it sorted. My foray into socket 1155 territory was a disaster

[Trainwrecker]

I have almost the exact same system, no issues.

Run this app and see what you get.
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

Do you have DEP on or off? Check it

the Intel 4000 graphics, it works very well with PT.

FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : NEC uPD72874 IEEE1394 OHCI 1.1 3-port PHY-Link Ctrlr. This might be the issue, see what driver you have for it. Try the MS legacy issue.

Also, download Reaper and see if it works.

[hedcase23]

My sessions are at 48k/24bit with a buffer size of 512. My interfaces are 2 Steinberg Mr816csx's connected via firewire.

Do I want to turn off the DEP?

I have run the latency checker. It hovers around 200 but occasionally spikes or 4000 or worse. The only thing I've tried to disable so far is the network adapter. Maybe I'll have to through and disable everything one at a time to see what is really causing the problem.

I've also already switched to the legacy drivers for my firewire card.

Thanks for all the help guys!

[sunburst79]

Originally Posted by hedcase23

My sessions are at 48k/24bit with a buffer size of 512. My interfaces are 2 Steinberg Mr816csx's connected via firewire.

Do I want to turn off the DEP?

I have run the latency checker. It hovers around 200 but occasionally spikes or 4000 or worse. The only thing I've tried to disable so far is the network adapter. Maybe I'll have to through and disable everything one at a time to see what is really causing the problem.

I've also already switched to the legacy drivers for my firewire card.

Thanks for all the help guys!

You should try disabling DEP for Pro Tools.

Any spikes over 1000 is going to cause issues. Try disabling one thing at a time until the spikes dissipear.

[guitardom]

Be sure the Bluetooth is disabled along w the wireless.
Try disabling your on board audio in the bios
Try disabling your network adapter in the bios
Have you shut off most everything in your startup menu?? Run>msconfig>startup