i7 Builds - Specs and Results

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by actualsizeaudio

Cool, I was strongly considering the 3930K.

With 16gig of ram, if I'm keeping my RAM disk cache too high, then could that be causing an issue with plug-ins running out of RAM? I never thought of plugs being dependent on RAM. I often have the disk cache set at 10 or 12 gigs.

Thanks for the input.

Yes plugins take a certain amount of ram. Some far more than others. Disk cache is not going to affect what you have available to the system, PT, and plugins as the available cache amount is 4gb under your total for exactly that reason. If you are running vi's they will eat up your ram really fast and bog your system down.

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by mykhal c

i'm sure PT11 will bring about even better core usage but it ain't too bad right now. once i unparked my cores the load was then evenly spread across all cores, physical and virtual. if you don't unpark the cores then the load will always go to the physical cores first. i've yet to run any tests to see which is actually more efficient for PT.

If I remember right I was not really seeing any improvements when I unparked the cores. There is some definite improvements in this regard I would expect to see.

[TOM@METRO]

This is unscientific, but unparking cores seemed to add stability with iffy situations. I have the cores unparked now and will probably leave them this way.

[mykhal c]

i guess i was just lookin' for one thing at the time...workload allocation across all cores....the rest would show itself durin' daily usage. my rig is extremely stable and performs very well...luv'n it

[Markmanch]

Out of curiosity I 'unparked' the cores of my 3820 with a 'Coder Bag' utility and cant believe the improvement. Not only have I reached a higher score on a dverb test but some issues Ive been having using my UAD1 also seem to be solved. Its too early to say for sure but it's certainly improved the stability for me.



GA-X79-UD3
i7 3820
16gb Corsair Vengeance
SSD OS drive
500gb WD black
Windows 8
Pro Tools 10
UAD1

[kyluigi]

Hey Guys pricing out a system here on newegg. I should mention this will be my first build but I am fairly computer savvy and have some friends if I need help. I am considering building one because an i7 mac that I would like is just too expensive even used. My new studio computer will run PT10 with either a focusrite saffire pro 40 or a comparable 8 channel interface. Here is my build right now. The 500gb will be the system drive and the 1tb will be my recording drive. There is enough space for more drives should I need them in the future. Anyone see any potential problems with pro tools? With shipping these parts price out to $1272 ish. Anyone see anyways I could cut corners and still have good performance for a prosumer studio? question: will I need a T.I. pci firewire card or can I just use the onboard firewire?

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Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73820

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM

[CME]

I'm no windows guru, but don't forget the hackintosh option, if that interests you. But most if all get an SSD for your system drive (whichever OS you choose) and thank me later.

[YYR123]

Originally Posted by CME

But most if all get an SSD for your system drive (whichever OS you choose) and thank me later.

Yes sir, do what the man suggests

[kyluigi]

If I'm using a FireWire interface though guys will I need I get a TI pci card or can I use the inboard FireWire from the x79?

[YYR123]

Originally Posted by kyluigi

If I'm using a FireWire interface though guys will I need I get a TI pci card or can I use the inboard FireWire from the x79?

Via are not recommended buuuut may work for you depending on ur interface - I was using one b/F and it was fine but ymmv - as always if its a problem u can get one later or if u don't want to mess w/it just order the card it's only like $30 dollars if I remember