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Originally Posted by ObiK
I'd usually stay away from integrated graphics but I have no experience with the latest Intel processors with improved performance in the graphics department. I'd always opt for the best you can afford with computer parts for your own build.
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Well FWIW I always wanted a 1U DAW, but Integrated Graphics while itself being more than enough, had better access to RAM than the CPU on the Intels.
THe i5 Clarksdale was a dog for Kontakt.
But I found a friend using an Asus using the AMD FX w/ 128MB Sideport RAM Graphics worked really well as a cheap Kontakt rig. But AMD CPUs are just way too hot for a 1U.
But I have a few DAW's and my recent i7 build I put together in a 4U DAW using a Graphics card, then went to the HD4000 Graphics to see if I could maybe get a 1U I like finally. The i7 Z77 was made for this. It's GPU is totally seperate from the CPU but is on die ( chip not package )and it works great.
At first I went with the low profile 16GB 23nm Green 1.35v Samsung RAM and it was fine, but once I bumped the RAM up to 1.5v it sped up fast enough to use extra polyphony and workds great.
But I watched for weeks for anyone with 32GBs and only got the typical yes mine works w/o screen shots, which basically means they are graphics guys, with not even time to use their graphics as proof of their build.
But on the Asus Z77 Sabertooth after 3 BIOS upgrades I have seen the build via screenshots, and it not only uses 32GBs but can run it at 2133MHz.
I have no need for that as I want stability so 1600MHz and stock CPU are plenty. All in a 1U that has side fans and top lid with a Dremeled grated metal pattern where the CPU HSF heat rises directly out.
It's the coolest build I have done and I have done the last 5 builds and gig 6 nights a week.
So the time has come for on board Graphics finally.
FWIW The Gigabyte board with the i7 3770S at stock speeds are good, but the i7 3770k is only 35 bucks more and well worth the money.
I am using 14GBs out of 32GBs just for testing for 2 weeks now, and will be upgrading to LASS 2.0 and my max RAM used will be about 50%.
But I have an entire CPU to try and get KONTAKT AND PTeq 4.1 right where I want and this looks like a stage worthy rig.
Perfect partner for my 1U XITE-1 DSP rack.
Most folks would probably like the Apollo 1U from UAD. Really well coded plugs too, so a 2U rack can have incredible portable power.
They still have the i7 9000X Laptops that work great, as I have seen 2 of them here in Vegas running tons of plugs and Omnisphere, etc.
I built this entire 1U for 1350 USD, so it was financial.
Don't be shy, get the UD series from Gigabyte, call Vision DAW and ask them why and go for the i7 3770S if you are running stock, or the 3770k if you wan to go into the 4.4 GHz range.
But the Z77s are as audio friendly as the X58s, and the Z68s.