I’d like to get some thoughts on these components for a project studio DAW. I need to replace my 6 year old Dell Core 2 Duo . I was recently laid off from a job of 14 years and want to make a run at making my studio profitable again. I’m limited as to what I can spend but have been lucky to meet a builder who speced these components. I want to run lots of vst’s mainly a fully loaded Maschine (Native Instruments). Any thoughts are welcome
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Kai - its always been this way in the CB forum; sometimes you get feedback and other times you just don’t. Regarding the components, I was lucky to find someone to do this for me and these are the recommended parts. I usually choose the pro version of Windows since,in the past. I’ve run into features not readily apparent at first but lacking in the home editions.
Hi there,
I second the z77 MB comment. In fact I just put together an Asus P8Z77-V Pro based system for my son using the same exact chip you are looking at. It is VERY fast and I am flat impressed. I am not much of OCer, even less on a DAW, but that chip OC’s very nicely. For 60-70 bones you could add water cooling and keep your OC options open for down the road if you feel you need it. I am getting temps around 30 deg. C at idle with a 20% over clock, or about 4.3 Ghz. On prime it is running at about 70 deg C max load. Should do well for the kids gaming machine. In my mind the Z77 chip set and the Intel I7 your looking at work like a glove. They really team it up big, boot fast and do well together.