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Need advice on building Dual Xeon or IB custo for audio production
Hello Tonymac friends.
It's been 2 years since my last build, and I believe it is time for another one. I've been running Tonymac Customacs in my recording studio for about 4 years. I kept my G5 sitting in the corner for safety for the first year or so, but when it became obvious how stable these machines can be, I ditched it. I used to run Pro Tools HD with 2 HD cards, but now I simply run 2 different native systems on custo macs. I also have an imac and a mac mini laying around in case things get real hairy.
Anyway, my current machine which is a Z68 2600K just isn't cutting it when it comes to some of my surround mixes. I do a lot of post, and have recently had 7.1 mixes as well. When running QT video out of my avid Mojo, things start slow down considerably, and I run out of processing power.
I'm thinking of going the Dual Xenon route. I have been reading all of the threads on these builds from the last 2 years, including the ones by Braindeadmac, Warelike, and of course Pinknugget.
So my question is: Is an SR-2 based 1366 machine still the way to go at this point? Would I be best going with a 2011 based machine? I'm looking at a 2-3 year commitment for the machine, and I need to significantly upgrade my processing power now. My current machine only scores a 11,800 on geek bench, so please let me know if I'm barking up the wrong tree, and need simply to upgrade my current custo. Spending 12K on the new Pro Tools HDX is not an option.
Thanks.
Hello Tonymac friends.
It's been 2 years since my last build, and I believe it is time for another one. I've been running Tonymac Customacs in my recording studio for about 4 years. I kept my G5 sitting in the corner for safety for the first year or so, but when it became obvious how stable these machines can be, I ditched it. I used to run Pro Tools HD with 2 HD cards, but now I simply run 2 different native systems on custo macs. I also have an imac and a mac mini laying around in case things get real hairy.
Anyway, my current machine which is a Z68 2600K just isn't cutting it when it comes to some of my surround mixes. I do a lot of post, and have recently had 7.1 mixes as well. When running QT video out of my avid Mojo, things start slow down considerably, and I run out of processing power.
I'm thinking of going the Dual Xenon route. I have been reading all of the threads on these builds from the last 2 years, including the ones by Braindeadmac, Warelike, and of course Pinknugget.
So my question is: Is an SR-2 based 1366 machine still the way to go at this point? Would I be best going with a 2011 based machine? I'm looking at a 2-3 year commitment for the machine, and I need to significantly upgrade my processing power now. My current machine only scores a 11,800 on geek bench, so please let me know if I'm barking up the wrong tree, and need simply to upgrade my current custo. Spending 12K on the new Pro Tools HDX is not an option.
Thanks.