kgp
Retired
- Joined
- May 30, 2014
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- ASUS WS X299 Sage 10G
- CPU
- i9-7980XE
- Graphics
- Vega 64
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Hello, @kgp ! It looks like you are definitely keeping up all your amazing work with CustoMac builds - and now your own version of "iMac Pro!" Bravo! I think I may need to go shopping now for some new components to update my current recording studio/DAW build. A couple things:
1. In your opening remarks, you provide the following:
I am considering i7-7820X, and want to use the following: NVIDIA GTX 970 from existing build (16 lanes) + ThunderboltEX II Dual (TB2 dual-port card) from existing build (4 lanes) + Pro Tools | HD Native card (4 lanes) + Samsung 960 PRO m.2 (4 lanes). That is total of 28 lanes. However, I am not doing video editing on this machine, nor am I doing any gaming, so optimum GPU lanes is not mandatory. What are your thoughts on "forcing" the GPU to "running at 8x"? This would give me a few extra lanes in the event I need to also add back in my Syba FW800/FW400 card?
2. In section E.13 of your amazing guide, you speak to some I/O buffer settings (using Logic Pro X as your example). As a long-time DAW guy, we know that the lower buffer settings (128 and lower) are actually preferred when tracking (aka "recording"), as a means of reducing or eliminating latency when you are monitoring the input (mic or instrument) through Logic (or other DAW). Then when recording is complete and it's time for editing & mixing, we go back in & adjust I/O buffer settings to 512 or maybe 1024, which then optimizes settings for playback-only activities. I've used many different interfaces over the years (USB, Firewire, and now PCIe using Pro Tools HD | Native card), and this still holds true. I think what you have here is basically OK, but it sort of implies that this setting is "static," but in practice... it is not. FWIW....
I'm only on page 3 of your post, but look forward to digging deeper in preparation to make my own build. Once again, many thanks for all the hard work and for your very detailed and comprehensive guide! I'm hoping one day soon (once iMac Pro has been around for a while) that X299 build will eventually be a "simple" Unibeast/MultiBeast process, too! Cheers!
Nice to hear from you after long time, man! Welcome aboard the iMac Pro rocket..
Most of your questions have already been answered by others ...
Thus, just many thanks for the colourful flowers and happy Skylake-X/X299 building with all of us..
BTW..
I cannot convince you to go for the i9-7900X instead of the i7-7820X?