Duekay
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System Name | Workstation : Server/HTPC |
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Processor | Core i7 920 @ 4.2GHz : Core i3 2120 |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 : Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 |
Cooling | Cooler Master V8 : Stock |
Memory | Corsair DDR3 12GB @ 1600Mhz : Corsair DDR3 8GB @ 1600Mhz |
Video Card(s) | GTX 560 Ti & GT 430 : Onboard |
Storage | OCZ Max I/O 2x128 SSD Raid0 + Corsair 3x120GB SSD Raid0 : Corsair 2x60GB SSD Raid0 |
Display(s) | Dual samsung 24" & 1 Acer 22" : Acer 22 & Samsung 46" TV |
Case | Antec P182 Performance One : Antec 4U rackmount |
Audio Device(s) | Mackie Onyx 400F 10x10 : Maudio Fast Track Pro |
Power Supply | Corsair HX-620 : Corsair HX-650 |
Software | Windows 7 64bit, Cubase 5 : Windows 7 64bit |
Hello all,
I'm back! been hitting the last 12 months pretty hard with some music production on my new i7 rig... she's a ripper, have had no issue's from day one.. but one over all issue I am running into at the moment is space!! My main DAW has 3x128GB SSD in Raid0 for my OS drive but my project and data drive is only 1TB (2x500GB in Raid0),
I am battling for space now with my missus being into watching DVD's and has a crazy music collection, what I am looking at doing is taking my old PC (specs below) and using the mobo, cpu and ram from it to run 8x1TB (or 2TB if I feel like I have a few extra dollars handy) hard drives on a Raid10 PCIe card.
The idea is that i have the net running from my router to the file sever that has all my Audio production, Music, Video and Word docs etc. on it, from there I want to connect my DAW via ethernet cable and have access to the net and any files I want. I will also have my missus netbook linked up via the wireless on the router and I am also looking for an LCD TV that has some kind of option to connect to this shindig (wireless preferred).
A few questions:
Is this all to much to ask for?
Will there be bottleneck issues with having me accessing my project files from the DAW while there is a download happening and the missus is watching a movie?
Will Sata drives do the job?
Will my Mobo handle 4-8TB hooked up to it?
What would be a good enclosure for the system?
Would there be a way of making the power consumption less (power supply)?
What type of Raid Card and HDD's would be a good choice?
Would there be advantages in buy Win 7 for the rig as all connection PC's will have it on board (i have copy's of XP home, XP Pro, XP-64bit also)?
The existing component for the proposed FS:
Mobo: Asus P5KPL-VM
CPU: Core2 Duo E6850 (3GHz)
Ram: Gskill DDR2 800MHz (4x1GB)
My DAW rig:
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
CPU: i7-920
Ram: Corsair DDR3 1600MHz (6x2GB)
SSD: Corsair 3xP128 (Raid0)
HDD: Seagate 2x500GB (Raid0)
PSU: Corsair 620w (i think)
OS: Win 7 Ultimate 64bit
Netbook:
Win 7 home 32bit
Sorry if I have missed a few things out.. I always struggle at getting my crazy idea's out of my head
Thanks in advance for your help
I'm back! been hitting the last 12 months pretty hard with some music production on my new i7 rig... she's a ripper, have had no issue's from day one.. but one over all issue I am running into at the moment is space!! My main DAW has 3x128GB SSD in Raid0 for my OS drive but my project and data drive is only 1TB (2x500GB in Raid0),
I am battling for space now with my missus being into watching DVD's and has a crazy music collection, what I am looking at doing is taking my old PC (specs below) and using the mobo, cpu and ram from it to run 8x1TB (or 2TB if I feel like I have a few extra dollars handy) hard drives on a Raid10 PCIe card.
The idea is that i have the net running from my router to the file sever that has all my Audio production, Music, Video and Word docs etc. on it, from there I want to connect my DAW via ethernet cable and have access to the net and any files I want. I will also have my missus netbook linked up via the wireless on the router and I am also looking for an LCD TV that has some kind of option to connect to this shindig (wireless preferred).
A few questions:
Is this all to much to ask for?
Will there be bottleneck issues with having me accessing my project files from the DAW while there is a download happening and the missus is watching a movie?
Will Sata drives do the job?
Will my Mobo handle 4-8TB hooked up to it?
What would be a good enclosure for the system?
Would there be a way of making the power consumption less (power supply)?
What type of Raid Card and HDD's would be a good choice?
Would there be advantages in buy Win 7 for the rig as all connection PC's will have it on board (i have copy's of XP home, XP Pro, XP-64bit also)?
The existing component for the proposed FS:
Mobo: Asus P5KPL-VM
CPU: Core2 Duo E6850 (3GHz)
Ram: Gskill DDR2 800MHz (4x1GB)
My DAW rig:
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
CPU: i7-920
Ram: Corsair DDR3 1600MHz (6x2GB)
SSD: Corsair 3xP128 (Raid0)
HDD: Seagate 2x500GB (Raid0)
PSU: Corsair 620w (i think)
OS: Win 7 Ultimate 64bit
Netbook:
Win 7 home 32bit
Sorry if I have missed a few things out.. I always struggle at getting my crazy idea's out of my head

Thanks in advance for your help
