bongolation
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Here in the Studio of Death (where year after year thousands of dollars worth of DAW/recording gear goes to unproductively and mysteriously croak without ever recording a single note) I recently cooked a C: drive on the existing system, prompting me to throw the whole cursed mess out and start over again from scratch on a v3.0 box.
This box is solely for Reaper and hopefully some video editing...and it's gotta work this time.
CPU is an FX-8320 because at $99 (boxed) on super-sale, it's simply the best bang for the buck in processing, by a substantial margin. I've bought all new parts: HD and SS drives, case(s), PSU(s), a truly massive liquid CPU cooler, fans and am only keeping the dual-monitor video card from the old system as Reaper and video editing do not materially benefit from a snazzier unit, and by some miracle the vidcard actually hasn't blown up.
The only things left to get -- and they are crucial picks! -- are the momboard and the 1866mHz RAM.
[OS will have to be either XP/64 or Win7/64, as my Lexicon interface doesn't (and won't) have Win8 drivers.]
I've tried all the usual tech forums on this, but as soon as I say this isn't for a gaming box, nobody has anything to contribute.
I know, I shouldda come here first...
Lacking any help, after much digging I've learned a lot of stuff, such as that boards that do great with other AMD CPUs have unpredictable problems or shortened lifespans with the Vishera, or that some brands of the nominally-correct RAM simply won't reliably go with some MB/CPU combos...etc.
Most of the usual concerns for this question revolve around gaming features that aren't even applied A/V work, and I don't see spending extra money on unactivated motherboard features.
The main thing is that this thing HAS to work!
I've screwed around for years with hardware gremlins that have absolutely broken my heart and spirit for recording. This crap has to end. This box absolutely has to boot and run right first time every time and do so until I say it's time to quit.
What worked for you?
Thanks for any help...I really need it!
This box is solely for Reaper and hopefully some video editing...and it's gotta work this time.
CPU is an FX-8320 because at $99 (boxed) on super-sale, it's simply the best bang for the buck in processing, by a substantial margin. I've bought all new parts: HD and SS drives, case(s), PSU(s), a truly massive liquid CPU cooler, fans and am only keeping the dual-monitor video card from the old system as Reaper and video editing do not materially benefit from a snazzier unit, and by some miracle the vidcard actually hasn't blown up.
The only things left to get -- and they are crucial picks! -- are the momboard and the 1866mHz RAM.
[OS will have to be either XP/64 or Win7/64, as my Lexicon interface doesn't (and won't) have Win8 drivers.]
I've tried all the usual tech forums on this, but as soon as I say this isn't for a gaming box, nobody has anything to contribute.
I know, I shouldda come here first...
Lacking any help, after much digging I've learned a lot of stuff, such as that boards that do great with other AMD CPUs have unpredictable problems or shortened lifespans with the Vishera, or that some brands of the nominally-correct RAM simply won't reliably go with some MB/CPU combos...etc.
Most of the usual concerns for this question revolve around gaming features that aren't even applied A/V work, and I don't see spending extra money on unactivated motherboard features.
The main thing is that this thing HAS to work!
I've screwed around for years with hardware gremlins that have absolutely broken my heart and spirit for recording. This crap has to end. This box absolutely has to boot and run right first time every time and do so until I say it's time to quit.
What worked for you?
Thanks for any help...I really need it!