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Recording Studio Rig: i7-2700K | GA-Z68X-UD7 | Radeon HD6870

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Hey Vinyljunkie :)

sorry only just seen your comment/post

yeah i've settled on this list (all scan so easy links)

1) LN42569 - Fractal Design Titanium Grey Define XL Computer Case USB 3.0, Fans included 2x 140mm, 1x 180mm, 10x HDD slot
£107.98 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/fractal- ... anium-grey

2) LN42541 - Arctic Cooling Freezer i30 CPU DT 4 Heat Pipe Cooler with 120mm Silent Fan for Intel Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156
£29.75 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/arctic-c ... t-lga-2011

3) LN41753 - Intel Core i7 2700K, S 1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core 3.5GHz, 8MB Cache, HD 3000 IGP 850MHz, 95W, Retail
£245.00 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-co ... 95w-retail

4) LN37721 - 1GB XFX HD 6870 Double D cooling, 4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 900MHz, 1120 Stream Processors, 2x DVI/ HDMI/ 2x mini DisplayPort
£118.42 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-xfx- ... mi-2x-mini

5) LN42410 - 1TB Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm 64mb Cache 8ms NCQ OEM
£68.52 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-seag ... ms-ncq-oem

6) LN39271 - 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s, SandForce 2281, Read 525Mb/s, Write 500Mb/s, 85K IOPS
£76.99 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-oc ... s-85k-iops

7) LN38359 - 16GB (4x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.50V
£79.39 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb-(4x4gb)-corsair-vengeance-blue-ddr3-pc3-12800-(1600)-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-150v

8) LN38947 - Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3, Intel Z68, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, RAID SATA, PCIe 2.0 (x16), ATX
£116.02 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte ... ie-20-(x16)-atx

9) LN40245 - Sony AD-7280S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, OEM
£13.16 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sony-ad- ... -black-oem

10) LN37704 - 650W PSU, Corsair Enthusiast Series 650TXV2UK, 85% Eff', 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.31
£71.58 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w-psu ... uiet-fan-a

this baby is gonna rock, cant wait to get the parts, picking it all up on saturday morning, i live 5 mins from scans sales centre :)

i have to thank 2 people for the ideas into this build BoomR and Gordo74 both you guys have helped me make up my mind to get into this project and have the confidence to drop apple's machines (after 14 years) in favour of building my own. and obviously tonymac for the site!!

Soon as im built and up and running im also throwing some money into the pot of this site, its got a fantastic community, amazing tutorials and quite frankly its saved me a good £1000/£1500


hope my list helps you or anyone else, and if there's something i've missed please let me know :)
 
LOL... Apologies BoomR... I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to all the tech lingo... IEEE = Firewire... LOL :) You learn something everyday!! My mate who is helping me build the machine knows about all that stuff and he's on holiday at the moment!! ;)

Chris. Thanks for providing that list. Looks like its gonna be a beast. I won't have the money to buy all the kit for a couple of weeks so if you don't mind i might just tag along with you for a while and see how the build goes and then maybe if all goes to plan i will build the same machine as you... if you are cool with that?

Thanks guys

:)
 
sure thing mate! i'll deffo keep you posted! its the first time i've built a machine, pretty excited to jump in!

Then i can get my logic and ableton on there and rock some new tunes out!!
 
Chris - This list looks good. I would only change a few minor things.

The motherboard I would change to a UD3 or UD3H, you really dont need the extra features of anything beyond that.

I would also get a separate PCIe Firewire card if you're going to be using firewire. Syba sells one at amazon for around $25.
 
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ChrisPowerMac said:
sure thing mate! i'll deffo keep you posted! its the first time i've built a machine, pretty excited to jump in!

Then i can get my logic and ableton on there and rock some new tunes out!!
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Your parts list looks SPOT-ON and is going to be a KILLER Hack! Might I make one suggestion? You may want to consider a 120GB or so SSD. Use this as your "boot" drive & where you install OSX, Ableton, Logic, etc. Then use your Seagate drive as your "working" drive that stores your Logic project files, VST libraries, etc.

You get MUCH better performance if you are not writing/rendering all your digital audio tracks on the same drive as your apps & your OS. Plus, as an added bonus, boot time from a SSD vs. a traditional HD are night & day! Prices of SSDs are dropping like quid on the bar for a pint :headbang:
 
i have :D

6) LN39271 - 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s, SandForce 2281, Read 525Mb/s, Write 500Mb/s, 85K IOPS
£76.99 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-oc ... s-85k-iops


it was in the list, deffo want the ssd in there!! made me panic for a second haha

one question, as gordo suggested, do i need the firewire card? i literally have just 1 firewire device then rest is usb.
 
Gordo74 said:
Chris - This list looks good. I would only change a few minor things.


The motherboard I would change to a UD3 or UD3H, you really dont need the extra features of anything beyond that.

I would also get a separate PCIe Firewire card if you're going to be using firewire. Syba sells one at amazon for around $25.
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thanks gordo, i'll have a check of those mobo's, its the TI chipset that im needing becuase of the audio problems i've heard about and unfortunately i cant get one of those firewire cards over here, cant find one anywhere yet, but i'll keep looking. If the suggested boards have TI then i'll swap it over :)

thanks for your help dude!! much appreciated!!!


EDIT: Found the card on UK amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1394B-1394A-PCI ... 402&sr=1-1

pretty expensive at £40 though

wonder if this will be ok

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Firewire-PCI-Ex ... 402&sr=1-8

its only £20
 
ChrisPowerMac said:
i have :D

6) LN39271 - 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s, SandForce 2281, Read 525Mb/s, Write 500Mb/s, 85K IOPS
£76.99 (Inc VAT)
More info: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-oc ... s-85k-iops


it was in the list, deffo want the ssd in there!! made me panic for a second haha

one question, as gordo suggested, do i need the firewire card? i literally have just 1 firewire device then rest is usb.
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YIKES - so sorry about the oversight! Getting old is a real BI*CH! :)

And if you don't go with the UD5 motherboard that you originally spec'd out, then you definitely need to get a PCIe Firewire card that has the TI chipset. You'll have to do the math to see which would be less expensive (and if the hardware is even available):

--Z68X-UD5-B3 motherboard with the correct TI Firewire chipset already on-board, or
--Some other Gigabyte motherboard + a PCIe Firewire card that has TI chipset.

I'd check into Sonnet as another dependable & compatible brand of FW cards, too...
 
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