I think ther is nothing wrong with an i7 9xx and gigabyte X58A ud3r motherboard for audio. Just get decent cooling and a decent PSU and case. This is what most audio builds were, and still are, up until recently. I don't think you need a 6 core CPU. 950 shold do fine for what you said you are doing ...

Op has said he wants to use the system also for gaming. He wanted it to be able to play BF titles on 2500x1600 res. I think this is why some have been recomendong gtx580 ( an extreme overkill for any DAW IMO and too hot to be quiet too) :( I too think its better to focus and bulild for a specific ne...

The vanilla 2600 I use for video is not OCed. Nither is the Q9450.

Also the type of render I waz talking about has nothing to do with the video card. Its CPU only

I think he means an AMD quad core

Video rendering and Audio rendering are VERY different. Don't compare grapefruits to tomatoes. +1 Typical video render that we do of a 40 min program (just rendering effect titles and color correction not the actual export) takes ~40 min on the Q9450 and ~15 on the i7 2600. Its not a benchmark so d...

Hi! One of my friend just bought the Seasonic SS-400ET, and we are very much disappointed that it came without any packaging, no power chord, no screws, no user manual, nothing was given with the PSU. Just the PSU itself. I read above that this is an OEM PSU from Seasonic? Can you verify this? Rega...

Once you plug in a dedicated GPU, it deactivates the integrated GPU. Since SNB is power gated I'm assuming it shuts down the GPU completely. You base your statement on what ? Manuals for H67 boards say otherwise. For example ASUS P8H67-M PRO (manual, page 1-19, 31 of 74): This motherboard also supp...

Scott from ADK wrote: well i have been trying to decide if i should post these numbers but here they are. bear in mind a 2300 performs only as good as a 750. we think the turbo is the culprit. the 2600 is vastly better. Intel Core i7 2600 3.4ghz (tubo enabled and can watch it go up to almost 3.9GHz)...

I'm almost wondering if I should do a baseline Sandy Bridge system to tide me over and then upgrade to a 2011 when they come out. From what I have read there a more advantages to the 2011 vs. 1155 than just clock speed and core count. I'd say that may be the perfect solution for you. Other than sta...

I'm using Crucial C300 64GB connected to SATA 6 gb/s. I know it has shown poor write performance in reviews despite having amazing read performance. The same C300 when 256GB scored well in both reads and writes. So this might be model specific, I dont really know. For a system drive its just perfect...

I don't know why ame said SSDs aren't great for recording audio. Maybe he can elaborate some more. Late response, I know SSDs have been tested by many regulars in various audio related forums as well as myself testing my own SSD for audio recording. It just doesn't work very well. I guess it has to...

Once you plug in a dedicated GPU, it deactivates the integrated GPU. Since SNB is power gated I'm assuming it shuts down the GPU completely.

As the othe guys said H67 seems to draw slightly less power than P67.

I actally didnt mean to diss Nvidia. GTX 470 is a great gaming card. It would have been my first choice for a gaming system. Couple that with a gt210 for just the second monitor. But it is a hot card. I personally would prefer it over the 560ti. These are power hungry cards it will not be easy findi...

Since you have all these drives, i'd have to say go with the Asus P8P67 Pro (EVO and Delux are also good). It has 2 more SATA 6 GB/s ports and the e-SATA ports are also on a dedicated chipset. I'm having no problem with the Intel DP67BG or it SATA ports, but I will replace it when I can. Going for 2...

I agree with the general idea of whats been said so far. Tha main advantage of i7 over older quad's seems to be higher performance when using low buffer playback or low latency. The i7 9xx are specifically able in that area probably due to the tripple channel RAM. They are hotter, and harder to cool...

That system is priced at $1,867.07. I then went to Newegg and priced components as close to that as I could figure out (not really possible since the P67 motherboards are all off the market for a while). I assumed the three Scythe Slipstreams were the SY1225SL12M versions, didn't include the Acoust...

Very nice machine you've got there.

Like how the motherboard is obviously proffetional yet has no marketing colors or over the top heatpipe cooling.

best Windows 7 score i've seen.

alecmg wrote:

ces wrote:

alecmg wrote:(I saw up to 80% faster compared to phenoms)

Do you have any links on this?

here
Phenom II X4 at 3,6 vs i5-2500K at 3,3 plus turbo
Roughly same clocks and same number of cores and memory.
In gimp test its 80%, in other cpu-dependant tests consistently 40-50% faster

It even beats the x6

Finally seem like a true effort,
I wonder if these will become standard for their cases.

Mike , I feel the need to clarify I would buy it if I could. It looks like they did a better job than I could ever do in terms of silence. And I liked their professional attitude regarding the SNB flaw offering a fix so users can continue using their systems. The surgeon, software engineer, or visua...

The power draw on most of those systems is ridiculous. I agree with most of the author's conclusion though. Loved it, but its hard to justify the markup even if the build is phenomenal. Its basically catered for a very niche crowd. One that has top $$$ to spend and no clue as to how to do it them se...

good looking build, looks like its quiet. and a good OC too.

I might have have missed it, but did you say what type of rendering software you are using?

is that a Starwars collection?

You put a lot of thought into you list and it shows. Its all good parts and it fits your budget. I think 92mm are not needed. The dust filter on the Solo helps, but dust gets in from the back vent and other gaps regardless of the 92 mm fans. I use 2X92mm fans to keep HDD temps down on my main record...

What I appreciate the most about SPCR is the high standards when it comes to making proper comparison between 2 essentially different products. Be it noise level measurements, that are done using very sensitive equipment in a highly isolated environment. Testing cooling ability by using a 'one stand...

CES on watercooling, You've got a point. Heat has to go into the air eventually. As a side note I've seen Intel, and a few extreme OC review sites, admit they haven't been able to get better OC from SNB using water cooling. Seems it has to do with the maximum clock possible regardless of cooling. He...

The discussion was focused on CPUs, that is why SSDs were not brought up. That's what I thought at first too, then I saw #4 and #5, about RAM. Xbitlabs compared adding a SSD to adding more RAM . Sadly this review is tilted in a strange way. Since I know X-bit typically have good reviews it seems th...

I agree with Luca This is total overkill in terms of cooling There is no need for that many fans at any speed This will never be a quiet system. If you want a quiet system you can start by swaping the case for an Antec P190 or P183 or replace all the HAF fans to somthing that runs under 1000 rpm The...

+1

Its impossible to say right now. The numbers of 5-15% are over a priod of 3 years. It could be that typical fail will start happening only after a year or two. Who knows? Current end users are own the systems for a month if they were lucky enough to get it at launch. I don't recall seeing any review...

The reason for recomending K is the better GPU. The price diff is minor

Id stick to your plan and go with 2500k and Asus H67 evo