Digital Audio Workstation Build: pls. help me pick a case

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scoring4film
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Re: Digital Audio Workstation Build: pls. help me pick a cas

Post by scoring4film » Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:06 pm

This DIY DAW builder is getting very impressive latency performance out of his z68/2600K rig and no problems with his PCI audio card...

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/7234651-post16.html

...though it sounds like he's not a fan of the Marvell controller. Looks like his issue might be more about the OCZ drive than the controller...

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/29654 ... 68-problem

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-dev ... 3-ssd.html

scoring4film
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Re: Digital Audio Workstation Build: pls. help me pick a cas

Post by scoring4film » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:53 pm

I'm just about finished what might be the final build list, but I'm totally hung up on the heatsink choice and hoping someone can help me out.

The Asus P8Z68-V Pro has a PWM-enabled CPU fan header, so I thought it would be best to get a heatsink with a stock PWM fan. Seems like a simpler way to go than adding a voltage-based fan controller.

But as far as I can tell, none of the SPCR top-rated fans fit the bill in my case. Either they don't come with a PWM fan (e.g. all the Noctua HS) or if they do, they don't fit the Socket LGA1155 (e.g. Thermalright Silver Arrow/Venomous X).

Here's my best guesses so far...

1. Forget the PWM fans and get the wildly popular Noctua NH-D14 and run it at 900rpm with U.L.N.A.

2. Swap out the Noctua NH-D14 stock fans for PWM fans.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

thanks!

p.s.

here's the mobo fan header details...

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