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[polirak]

Hello everyone
I'm building new PC for audio work
This are the parts that I have chose for now , still looking for final approve and have few last questions :

mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128531

CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492

CPU FAN - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185175

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233232

HD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834

OS SSD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442

Second SSD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148526

Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352020

PSU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151104

GPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125433

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MoBo- Have the option to get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131801 - Not sure if it's worth the extra money ....?

RAM- have the option to get - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233229&Tpk=CMP32GX3M4X1600C10
Not sure if it's worth the extra money .

Also would like to know if the CPU and MoBo that I have chose will support in the future upgrade to 64GB RAM ?

The GPU is just for basic stuff and basic gaming ( CS fan )

Any other suggestions for improve are welcomed

Thanks for reading

 

[jacknhut]

I assume you will be doing professional audio work on your pc which requires lots of memory, if so, get this 32 GB kit from Gskill since its cheaper and offer the same speed/timing/voltage as the Corsair:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?SID=F7bX4ASgEeKyero0DP_tYAt.S2_0_0_0_0&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16820231490

 

[polirak]

I'm pretty much locked on corsair RAM , just wondering if there is any big difference between Vengeance and DOMINATOR ones ?

 

[polirak]

Also still not sure about the 3930K , will be the 3820 CPU good enough for audio work ?

 

[ilysaml]

The charts here in the following link shows that Quad Core i7s are doing much better than the 3930K in Audio conversion, I don't know why!
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-benchmark-core-i7-3770k,3181-19.html
Also here in the original review of the 3930K and 3820, the i5 2500K and i7 2600K and i7 3820 are doing better than the 3930K

For video editing you can be sure that more cores and more threads are always betters that's why the 3930K/3960X doing better.

I suggest you swap the 3930k for i7 3820 or the newer Ivy 3770K.

Also, not sure if you still need this huge amount of RAM, I guess 16 GB will be more than enough unless you are running lots of programs at a time.

Everything else seems to be fine except for the GPU, this high end build needs a decent GPU even if you're not playing too much, GTX 670 or HD 7970 will serve you in the long run.

 

[polirak]

I'm not sure if its about audio conversion . I use main program like Cubase or Ableton and inside it there is alot of channels and plugins that need the CPU . The RAM is for some big library based programs so 32GB is must for me .

 

[ilysaml]

Anyway the difference between the CPUs is minor, so you can go with either.