Drummaboy57

I have... 256gb OS SSD 1tb sample library SSD, 2tb WD Red Hard drive (more for silence than speed) I am a little confused as to what goes where in terms of -The DAW (Cubase 8 Pro) -Synthesizers -The sample libraries (komplete 10 ultimate) -The actual Project Files -Games -Device drivers like midi controllers and external Audio Interfaces -School Documents After that is configured, which are the critical drives to back up, and should I do that by running them in raid 1 If I am correct about Sample libraries and Samsung 850 pro's 10 year warranty, I should be able to just replace the drives if they fail and redownload the libraries to them at no cost correct? All help is appreciated. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($364.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($386.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($183.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($183.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($127.77 @ OutletPC) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($421.00 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.50 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.50 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($639.99 @ Amazon) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US) Power Supply: Corsair 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($52.99 @ B&H) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) ($124.99 @ SuperBiiz) Total: $2934.66 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-29 00:27 EST-0500

Nuu!!! Case is not compatible with the workstation board!

No worries about the upgrade ability. gonna get the 10 core when it comes out. :3

You guys get that often? I am embarking on a music build, I chose an Asus-X99 Deluxe for the motherboard, However, I have realized that it only supports 64gb of ram.... YES, I CAN MAX THAT 64GB o' RAM. My projects are very demanding. Is there a 128gb DRR4 compatible board that I can replace it with for the same quality of components? Or is it better to stick with the Deluxe... I was kinda looking at MSI. It is also noted that further down the road, I will buy a completely separate system to use in a 2 computer, Master/Slave setup. Thank you very much! Current prospected build. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($364.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE/U3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($374.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($183.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($183.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($127.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($421.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.50 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($639.99 @ Amazon) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($52.99 @ B&H) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) ($124.99 @ SuperBiiz) Total: $2822.38 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-26 05:56 EST-0500

I produce music, will need good 3usb support. at least 64gb ram support (my projects get very big, the ram is neccisary I can't find the real difference between the Asus x99 A, Pro, and Deluxe motherboard. can someone enlighten me? This is what I am working with. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($364.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($189.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($189.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.89 @ OutletPC) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($419.75 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.50 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($639.99 @ Amazon) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($52.99 @ B&H) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) ($124.99 @ SuperBiiz) Total: $2748.04 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-24 22:26 EST-0500

when does the 6960x come out??

Im not sure if I should wait for skylakes next line of processors

64 GB RAM for just audio is overkill forsure. At that point 16 would do. But the insane amount ram is for all the mastering, vsti, and vst synthesizers I am going to run and edit simultaneously can get demanding enough to justify 64gb worth of ram. the investment is made so I can make a product quicker.

Unfortunately I found another potential problem, This is in the notes of the motherboard, are any of these potenial bottlenecks? I use gonna use ton of usb connetions. 1* The PCIe x16_4 shares bandwidth with M.2 x4. When M.2 socket is occupied, the PCIe x16_4 slot will be disabled. 2* The PCIe x16_4 shares bandwidth with M.2 x4. When M.2 socket is occupied, the PCIe x16_4 slot will be disabled.The PCIe x16_3 slot support x8 devices only. 3* The PCIe x16_2, PCIe x1_1 and USB3_E56 connectors share the same bandwidth. By default, the PCIe x16_2 slot and PCIe x1_1 slot will automatically run at x1 mode with USB3_E56 enabled for best resource optimization. 4* Due to chipset behavior, The SATA6G_78, SATA6G_910 ports (black) do not support IRST including RAID configuration. 5* These functions will work depending on the CPU installed.

However, I am open to more suggestions and opinions.

Hmm, thathat the GPU heat may be rising into the cooler, lessening the efficiency of the heat dispersion for the CPU. However, the gigabyte g1 gaming 980ti I believe will cool more sufficiently than the 970, and radiate less heat. Having no ventilation at the top probably traps a lot of that heat that should be rising out of the case, so airflow would be restricted to a sideways motion the intake being in the front and exhausting out the rear.

The WD red was a bit puzzling to most people, but it operates under lower noise and has a longer life longevity to it. This is going to be responsible for document based files while the SSD run all the programs. If it can't do the job due to its rather low rpm, it is still very easy to swap out.

The SSD's are to hold the sound libraries and the OS. Yes, 1tb of sounds. It's insane. I chose an i7 gaming style build instead of a xeon workstation build due to the fast response-times of a gaming setup, makes live midi recording much snappier. The 64gb ram are for active VSTi and VST plugins. a combination of which is extremely CPU intensive, this helps make the editing process much smoother as apposed to pre rendering audio to be able to listen to a multitude of tracks in one project. I could have easily gone with an i7-5960x 8-core processor, but I am for skylake to release their higher core count lineup. the same with the choice of the 980ti vs the titan x and pascal lineup due towards the end of next year.

I went from knowing nothing to designing this bad boy from all the help I have had from this community. Every Spec has a specific application, and thus makes it my ultimate gaming and audio production machine as of 2015. The only remaining questions I have is any noise reduction/additional fan cooling solutions? Budget is 3k God bless and thank you! PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($379.99 @ B&H) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($91.98 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($189.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($189.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.89 @ OutletPC) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($435.00 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($654.98 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($52.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) ($129.89 @ OutletPC) Total: $2760.55 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-11 03:13 EST-0500

The case comes with two fans, one in front, the other in back. But I need this assesed to see if I will need more Aircooling I do alot of audio production. Everything helps! PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($379.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($91.98 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($189.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($189.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.89 @ OutletPC) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($435.98 @ Directron) Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($654.99 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($156.66 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($53.99 @ Directron) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) ($129.89 @ OutletPC) Total: $2791.21 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-10 11:03 EST-0500