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Hi to the helpful folks here,
I'm building a new DAW for my home-based music studio, currently working on a 5 year old i5 that's slow as molasses. I'm trying to decide how to best use my $$ to build a Canadian system for under $2K Cdn (about 1500 or so US).
Thinking that the most important facet for me would be the loading of 1) audio files from disk and 2) loading and running VST2 and VST3 "programs" from memory (these are effects like reverb etc or actual software synthesizers), the best I can figure is that I need to have the OS, DAW program and VSTs running from SSD drives, so I've come up with a couple of possible configs. Is there an advantage to spend nearly $200 more to get a 13th gen i9 ... is the memory ok?
My research says the MOBO isn't super important, what I want is fast loading of audio and software from memory, as well as the ability to run the DAW software with many VST effects and synths loaded on 30-40 audio tracks without the typical crackling sounds that tell you the system is being overpowered by everything that has been loaded.
The one thing I haven't mentioned is a case. It has to be quiet so the microphones don't pick up the sounds and I have NO idea about how many cooling fans I'd need for these heat generating processors and noise from the fans.
Here's what I have so far, could anyone lend assistance for this and anything I may have missed? Thanks in advance, Timbo.
Intel Core i9-12900K Desktop Processor 16 (8P+8E) Cores, 24 Threads up to 5.2 GHz, Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W, Support DDR4 & 5, PCIe Gen 5.0, 12th Gen Boxed (BX8071512900K)
OR
Intel Core i9-13900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8P+16E) 36M Cache, up to 5.8 GHz, 125W, unlocked, LGA1700 700 & 600 chipset, PCIe 5&4, DDR5&4, 13th Gen Boxed BX8071513900K
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GIGABYTE Z690 AERO G DDR4 LGA 1700 Intel Z690 ATX Motherboard with DDR4, Quad M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB 3.2 Gen2X2 Type-C, WiFi 6, Intel 2.5 GbE LAN
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Crucial P3 Plus 2TB M.2 PCIe4.0x4 NVMe 2280 SSD Read: 5000MB/s; Write:3600MB/s (CT2000P3PSSD8)
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CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Black Desktop Memory (CMW32GX4M2D3600C18)
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I'm building a new DAW for my home-based music studio, currently working on a 5 year old i5 that's slow as molasses. I'm trying to decide how to best use my $$ to build a Canadian system for under $2K Cdn (about 1500 or so US).
Thinking that the most important facet for me would be the loading of 1) audio files from disk and 2) loading and running VST2 and VST3 "programs" from memory (these are effects like reverb etc or actual software synthesizers), the best I can figure is that I need to have the OS, DAW program and VSTs running from SSD drives, so I've come up with a couple of possible configs. Is there an advantage to spend nearly $200 more to get a 13th gen i9 ... is the memory ok?
My research says the MOBO isn't super important, what I want is fast loading of audio and software from memory, as well as the ability to run the DAW software with many VST effects and synths loaded on 30-40 audio tracks without the typical crackling sounds that tell you the system is being overpowered by everything that has been loaded.
The one thing I haven't mentioned is a case. It has to be quiet so the microphones don't pick up the sounds and I have NO idea about how many cooling fans I'd need for these heat generating processors and noise from the fans.
Here's what I have so far, could anyone lend assistance for this and anything I may have missed? Thanks in advance, Timbo.
Intel Core i9-12900K Desktop Processor 16 (8P+8E) Cores, 24 Threads up to 5.2 GHz, Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W, Support DDR4 & 5, PCIe Gen 5.0, 12th Gen Boxed (BX8071512900K)
OR
Intel Core i9-13900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8P+16E) 36M Cache, up to 5.8 GHz, 125W, unlocked, LGA1700 700 & 600 chipset, PCIe 5&4, DDR5&4, 13th Gen Boxed BX8071513900K
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GIGABYTE Z690 AERO G DDR4 LGA 1700 Intel Z690 ATX Motherboard with DDR4, Quad M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB 3.2 Gen2X2 Type-C, WiFi 6, Intel 2.5 GbE LAN
+
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB M.2 PCIe4.0x4 NVMe 2280 SSD Read: 5000MB/s; Write:3600MB/s (CT2000P3PSSD8)
+
CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Black Desktop Memory (CMW32GX4M2D3600C18)
+
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