Anyone Having Success With 1155 Socket?

[johnjm22]

Title says it all. If you have a solid/stable Pro Tools DAW on an 1155 socket CPU/MOBO I'd like to hear about it.

I ordered parts for my new LGA 1155 P67 build yesterday. I should have done more research first, because after reading this forum, I realize that 1155 isn't the best choice, but I'm curious to know if anyone is having success with this type of setup.

[albee1952]

Sure wish you had asked BEFORE you ordered the parts. My 1155(2500K) on an Asus P8P67 was and is a total bust for Po Tools. But it makes a real nice office machine There are only 2 builds I would consider for Pro Tools today. i7 socket 1366/X58mobo/Triple-channel RAM( modest budget) and i7 socket 2011/X79 mobo/Quad channel RAM(best). These 2 setups are solid, compatible and everything else you need. Anything else(1155, 1156, AMD) is a crapshoot.

Having said that, maybe your rig would kick butt as a hackintosh?(that's why I chose those parts, but I never got the final step to take so I gave up after 4 days of fussing and loaded Windows 7 x64).

[miketeachesclass]

I'm using an i7 3770k and its working perfectly in a hackintosh.

[Niilo Nuori]

I have been using a PC build around Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (i7 2600K cpu) and it seems to work just fine and it has LGA1155 socket.

I am interested in knowing why this should not work?

[Dism]

Originally Posted by Niilo Nuori

I have been using a PC build around Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (i7 2600K cpu) and it seems to work just fine and it has LGA1155 socket.

I am interested in knowing why this should not work?

1155s have on die GPUs. Since integrated graphics are not compatible with Pro Tools, it's not a recommended setup. However, many motherboards do have well managed switching and options to disable completely.

On the flip side, the 1155 makes a very GOOD hackintosh/customac setup because most Macs run the 1155 chipset.

[albee1952]

I didn't say it would NOT work. I said its a crapshoot. If you like to gamble, roll the dice. If you want the sure thing........

[Niilo Nuori]

OK, thanks, makes sense. Naturally the first thing I did when building this one was to turn the integrated graphics off (BIOS has all the switches) and installed a separate PCI graphics card. Seems to work with no problems at least with my setup.

[johnjm22]

Thanks for the replies.

I'm not interested in Hackentosh's. This will be a Windows based DAW.

It turns out that the MOBO I ordered was D.O.A so I sent it back. Since Niilo Nuori is having success with the Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3, and the RAM I have just so happens to be on its QVL, that's the MOBO I'll pick up for my replacement.

Anyone else out there running PT on a Windows based LGA 1155 machine?

[johnjm22]

Originally Posted by Niilo Nuori

I have been using a PC build around Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (i7 2600K cpu) and it seems to work just fine and it has LGA1155 socket.

I am interested in knowing why this should not work?

How heavy are the sessions that you're running? (track count, plugins, virtual instruments, sample rate ect.)