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First Intel build help - Audio and Render Box

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:03 am
by Steve Teixera
Hello SPCR, long time no see,

i want to build an Intel based PC for a friend of mine. He does a lot of audio recording/editing and video work (Adobe Premiere and Aftereffects).

Our part list so far:

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Intel Core i7 3820 4x 3.60GHz So.2011 WOF

ASRock X79 Extreme4 Intel X79 So.2011 Quad Channel DDR3 ATX Retail

16GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3-1600 DIMM CL9 Quad Kit

Scythe Mugen 3 Rev.B SCMG-3100

256GB Samsung 830 Basic Series 2.5" (6.4cm) SATA 6Gb/s MLC Toggle (MZ-7PC256B/WW)

3000GB Western Digital Green WD30EZRX 64MB 3.5" (8.9cm) SATA 6Gb/

630 Watt be quiet! Pure Power L7 Non-Modular 80+

2048MB Zotac GeForce GT 640 Zone Edition Passiv PCIe 3.0 x16

LG Electronics Blu-ray Burner BH10LS SATA

24" Dell UltraSharp U2412M
With a Case we are at 1300€, would you spent the money differently? Are there major errors in this configuration? What about the CPU PSU combination?

The Plan is to put it in a simple Case with front to back airflow and two 120 case fans on 5-7 volts. The Harddisk will be mounted with rubber bands.

We need a Mainboard with 2x PCI slots for two "old" RME Multifaces (16 Channel recording).

Thanks in advance for your input!

Re: First Intel build help - Audio and Render Box

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:34 am
by kuzzia
Is there a reason to choose the Geforce 640 over the integrated GPU? Does the software perform much better with a dedicated GPU?

Besides that, things look really good. The most recent SPCR review of a bequiet! PSU was very favourable.

Have you considered what case to stuff all those components into?

Re: First Intel build help - Audio and Render Box

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:26 pm
by Steve Teixera
Are there socket 2011 CPUs with GPUs?
Adobe says you need OpenGL 2.0 and or CUDA, but i guess only the expensive/powerfull cards will help rendering.
Is the 630 Watt PSU over the top? Will a 400-500 Watt version do the job too?

I have worked with Cases like this.
There is enough room for suspended 3,5 Disks.