Looking for some advise on my first system build (Electronic Music Production and Gaming)

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I am planning on building a PC for Electronic Music Production, Gaming on a 1080p 144hz freesync monitor and possibly some basic video editing. I plan on overclocking the CPU, RAM (2400 MHz) and possibly the GPU.

I have done a lot of research to find parts with high quality and performance plus having low noise and temperature levels. This is the first PC that I have designed and would like for someone with more experience than me look over my design and let me know if there are any compatibility issues, and if there is any improvements that could be made. Also, I'm not sure if a 650W PSU is appropriate for this build.

Will be using a ASIO Audio Interface/External Sound Card.

Thanks!

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($475)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($89.00)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($259)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($151)
Storage: Intel 600p Series 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($235)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($97)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card ($349)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit ($139)
Case Fans: 2x NZXT RF-FNV2-140 50.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($30)
Total: $2102 (AUD)

Monitor: AOC G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($399)

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Definitely go to Sweeter Sound and call and ask to be assigned a sales engineer and tell them what for, they are all very knowledgeable. Mine is Greg Savino, you can ask for him and tell him Brian Burke sent you. He is GREAT! I selected MOTU sound cards before I knew much and realized they were a n Apple-centric company, but there gear can work with Windows just fine. Choose from the following: PCIe, USB 2.0 or 3.0, MADI for connectivity with a PC. Stay FAR FAR away from prosumer cards like Creative whatever and others. Berringer and TASCAM have some reasonable solutions, it ll depends on your I/O needs and budget. Greg will be able to guide you, he is smart, knowledgeable and not pushy, he is very well respected there. He is definitely...
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hi ap2201

your build is good. the kabylake cpu is great for edm music. but for production the new amd cpu's are approaching on intel's speed for pure core speed and cost efficientcy.
what DAW are you going to use? ableton? flstudio? all of these use multi-core. sonar x2 has a "use-by-core" graph which is cool.
look into how many usb connections you will have, i only have 8 and they are full already full.
remember put your daw on the ssd and your vst's and vsti's and complete modules on the hdd.
what speakers/monitors will you use? my hyperx cans use a inline usb soundcard which is very good.
 
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I gave you the AMD ryzen option. This should aced your initial build by quite a lot although its A$24 more expensive (your build motherboard, cpu , ram, heatsink, gpu, case, SSD and HDD cost A$1934).
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($465.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($199.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($155.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($318.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($94.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Series Video Card ($569.00 @ Shopping Express)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $1958.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-14 13:53 AEDT+1100

I think its worth the A$24. The cpu has 8 core 16 thread, uses X370 motherboard, 3000 CL 15 DDR4 ram, GTX 1070, and samsung 960 evo. The downsize is using standard heatsink and cheaper case although it should fit. The cpu has 8 core and 16 thread, so I don't think it will get much heat since it should aced any job you throw as in i7-7700K in ease. The samsung 960 evo on the other hand, is more than 2x the speed of normal SSD. It will save you lots of your time with your work.

Hope this help. You can add any sound card or other part later as you see fit as the motherboard has the current best chipset available.

Good luck
 
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hey, I agree and would love a GTX 1070. However, its a bit too expensive for me. I play a lot of CSGO so I think the frame rate should be nice and high for that and then when playing more demanding games will have to settle for a lower frame rate or turn the graphics settings down a bit. Would you say that with the the RX 480 a 144hz with freesyc monitor would still be better than a 60hz monitor? Thanks for advise.
 
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Hey ARICH5, I use Ableton Live 9 Suite and the plugins I use a mainly Native Instruments Massive, Kontakt, Serum, izotope Trash 2, Fabfilter Q2 & Pro c2. (lots of soft synths and effects in my projects). I have Event 20/20BAS monitors. For headphones I've got Sennheiser HD 650's and HD 25's.
I'll have to check out what AMD is offering. I went straight to the i7 because I currently have a 2.7 ghz i7 witch handles my stuff currently (between 30-50% load depending on the project). Thanks for the advise.
 
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Hey schaft, Thanks heaps! I didn't really consider using a AMD processor as I have always had Intel (using i7 @2.7 ghz now) defiantly worth considering though. The better SSD and graphics card will be much better also. Cheers!
 
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Most DAW's are finely tuned and I would search around for any benchmarks regarding Ableton and Ryzen before choosing AMD. I think AMD did a great job, but make sure.

From what I've seen so far it's more important to have stronger cores than more cores.
 
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hi Corwin65. Yea good call, I'm sure the i7 7700K will handle what i throw at it as it has a higher frequency with the same amount of cores and threads as my current cpu that does the job. just trying to find some benchmarks with ableton 9 to see if i will benefit much from the extra cores.
 
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Definitely go to Sweeter Sound and call and ask to be assigned a sales engineer and tell them what for, they are all very knowledgeable. Mine is Greg Savino, you can ask for him and tell him Brian Burke sent you. He is GREAT! I selected MOTU sound cards before I knew much and realized they were a n Apple-centric company, but there gear can work with Windows just fine. Choose from the following: PCIe, USB 2.0 or 3.0, MADI for connectivity with a PC. Stay FAR FAR away from prosumer cards like Creative whatever and others. Berringer and TASCAM have some reasonable solutions, it ll depends on your I/O needs and budget. Greg will be able to guide you, he is smart, knowledgeable and not pushy, he is very well respected there. He is definitely someone you want to have for your dedicated sales engineer. You have a nice setup so far, don't ruin it with the wrong I/O solution. You might want to think about an OS upgrade as well. Here are a few suggestions from me: Behringer U-PHORIA UMC1820 - it has ALL the connectivity that you will most likely need for the near future and at $299 and free shipping it's a deal. It has USB 2.0 connectivity and MIDAS designed pre amps. It has 8 in and 10 outs. Ins are XLR/TRS combos and outs are TRS. * pre-amps! MIDI S/SPIDIF, and ADAT Optical and is a 1U rack mount design. There are also smaller versions for less. Don't have asecond thought about the fact that it's highest rate in 24bit/96Khz, the convertors are MUCH better than any prosumer ones and will put to shame and Creative high bit rate converters. The next is TASCAM Celesonic US-20x20 USB 3.0 Audio Interface for $500, as always there are smaller less expensive options. With 20 I/O's EQ, Compression and the following I/O ports: 24bit/192 Khz resolution 8xXLR-1/4" combo (2 Mic/Instrument, 6 Mic/Line), 2x1/4" TRS analog ins. Outs:Analog - 10x1/4" TRS. 2x1/4"(headphones0. Digital: 1 in and 1 out:Coax (S/PDIF0,1xOptical (S/MUX). 8 preamps MIDI, Clock I/O 1U rack mount design. Pre Sonus, MOTU, and others are available as well as high end high price esoteric solutions, trust Greg and just tell him what you need and want and can spend and he will give you chices and all will be good. There are, of course, also PCIe solutions. They tend to run a bit higher. Sweetwater Sound is without a doubt the best source for Audio Gear and has the best customer service to be found in the business. Hope this helps.
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