That does indeed help. Thank you sir!

So the difference in speed won't matter for say, playing games, RoGuE?

The 1.5TB Green was the drive I started out looking at, so it's interesting to come full circle here.

Thanks for the suggestion, danimal ! HardwareCanucks have a really favourable review of the 2TB WD black. When you say set up correctly, is there anything I'd need to look at (ie. creating a RAM drive) to get the PC to prefer using RAM over disk when recording? I might end up going with three drives...

Interesting... that's VERY good to know. A 500GB disk should be fine for me for audio, so I'll give that a serious look. I could even make do with the remaining space on the solid state drive, realistically, but I'd rather not endanger the OS if I can. The 1.5TB drive is more for storing EVERYTHING ...

It's funny you should mention the M-Audio drivers - they've been going great for a long time with my current laptop, but I've recently started getting BSODs that have sometimes pointed at them. Thanks for the feedback on the GPU - that'll save me a few hundred bucks, and I can always upgrade later. ...

@joetekubi : Apologies for not having replied to your question earlier. The audio production that I'm looking to do is basic voice recording (using an M-Audio MobilePre USB and editing. Typically only one track vocal, or vocal + music using REAPER. Not doing anything terribly flash with the voice, ...

Hi. I've gone and revised the build I posted a few months back over in this thread with a little more research, and taking the excellent feedback provided on this forum. (thank you so much again to all of you who have provided excellent advice!) To recap, the system is intended for use primarily for...

@CA_Steve I'd actually started with the Nexus Value 430 as the power supply of choice, but couldn't find anyone selling it. After JamieG 's reply, now I understand why. Bummer! Thanks for the comparison link, too - that helps to set my expectations around performance. I suspect once a 'must have' g...

Thanks for the quick response, Jamie! I'll definitely look at the CPU heatsinks you've mentioned there. And thanks for calling out the Seasonic S12II. I'd seen the name coming up in reviews as well, but a specific model is super-helpful. I'll check that out, along with the fans. The SOLO review thre...

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