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I've finally gotten fed up enough with Apple's hardware restrictions and opted to build my own system. I'm a composer and am working on expanding to do film scoring. Because of this, I need to a bigger system than what I currently have. The equipment I'm planning on is:
CPU-Intel Core i7 6700K 4.00 GHz Unlocked Quad Core Skylake Desktop Processor, Socket LGA 1151 [BX80662I76700K]
MOBO-GIGABYTE LGA1151 Intel Z170 ATX Motherboard ATX DDR4 NA Motherboard (GA-Z170X-Designare)
GPU-EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0, 6GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card 06G-P4-6267-KR
Case-Corsair Carbide Series Black 300R Mid-Tower Computer Case
PSU-Corsair RMx Series, RM650x, 650W, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified
WIFI-802.11AC Desktop Wifi Card 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC Bluetooth 4.0 OS X Yosemite 10.10+ PC/Hackintosh - Handoff and Continuity
RAM-Ballistix Sport LT 64GB Kit (16GBx4) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DIMM 288-Pin - BLS4K16G4D240FSB (Gray)
Bootable Drive-Samsung 960 EVO Series - 250GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V6E250BW)
HardDrive (x2)-Seagate 4TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST4000DM005)
Keyboard-LogicKeyboard Color-Coded Shortcut Logic Pro X Mac Backlit ASTRA USB Wired Keyboard
Mouse-Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse, Four-Button, Programmable, Dark Gray
Cooling-Corsair Hydro Series High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H60
Monitors (x2)-ASUS VS278Q-P 27-Inch Full HD 1920x1080 Gaming Monitor
My plan is to use my current computer, 2011 21.5" iMac, as a combination third monitor for the above system and a server hosting my sound libraries. Additional peripherals I hope to have running from the above system include:
USB Audio Interface-Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 (2nd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools | First
USB Mixer-BEHRINGER X-TOUCH
USB Keyboard/Piano-Casio Privia PX-3
The build, computer only, is about in the $2,500 USD range. If anybody notices anything that can be lowered for sake of cost with a minimal knock in performance or anything that doesn't look right from a cursory glance, please feel free to let me know. This will be my first build and I'd rather go with as close to peak on most everything as possible but also can't break the bank.
Thanks!
I've finally gotten fed up enough with Apple's hardware restrictions and opted to build my own system. I'm a composer and am working on expanding to do film scoring. Because of this, I need to a bigger system than what I currently have. The equipment I'm planning on is:
CPU-Intel Core i7 6700K 4.00 GHz Unlocked Quad Core Skylake Desktop Processor, Socket LGA 1151 [BX80662I76700K]
MOBO-GIGABYTE LGA1151 Intel Z170 ATX Motherboard ATX DDR4 NA Motherboard (GA-Z170X-Designare)
GPU-EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0, 6GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card 06G-P4-6267-KR
Case-Corsair Carbide Series Black 300R Mid-Tower Computer Case
PSU-Corsair RMx Series, RM650x, 650W, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified
WIFI-802.11AC Desktop Wifi Card 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC Bluetooth 4.0 OS X Yosemite 10.10+ PC/Hackintosh - Handoff and Continuity
RAM-Ballistix Sport LT 64GB Kit (16GBx4) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DIMM 288-Pin - BLS4K16G4D240FSB (Gray)
Bootable Drive-Samsung 960 EVO Series - 250GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V6E250BW)
HardDrive (x2)-Seagate 4TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST4000DM005)
Keyboard-LogicKeyboard Color-Coded Shortcut Logic Pro X Mac Backlit ASTRA USB Wired Keyboard
Mouse-Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse, Four-Button, Programmable, Dark Gray
Cooling-Corsair Hydro Series High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H60
Monitors (x2)-ASUS VS278Q-P 27-Inch Full HD 1920x1080 Gaming Monitor
My plan is to use my current computer, 2011 21.5" iMac, as a combination third monitor for the above system and a server hosting my sound libraries. Additional peripherals I hope to have running from the above system include:
USB Audio Interface-Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 (2nd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools | First
USB Mixer-BEHRINGER X-TOUCH
USB Keyboard/Piano-Casio Privia PX-3
The build, computer only, is about in the $2,500 USD range. If anybody notices anything that can be lowered for sake of cost with a minimal knock in performance or anything that doesn't look right from a cursory glance, please feel free to let me know. This will be my first build and I'd rather go with as close to peak on most everything as possible but also can't break the bank.
Thanks!