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  • planning a new DAW build: 4770k with Z87-UD5H | 24/7

    Hello, i am planning a new DAW/rendering build, it will run 24/7.

    The chosen specs are:

    CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K, 4x 3.50GHz, boxed
    MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
    RAM: 32GB / i wanna go with G.Skill TridentX which have removable top fin, but i don't know which model
    HS: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 (because of the PWM fans)
    HS/MK: Noctua NM-i115x Mounting Kit
    POWER: Super Flower Golden Silent Fanless Platinum 500W ATX 2.3 | would be better a "Super Flower Golden King Platinum 550W ATX 2.3" ?
    SSD: 2x Samsung SSD 840 Pro Series 256GB
    BD: LG Electronics BH16NS40
    CASE: Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey
    OS: Microsoft: Windows 8 Pro 64Bit
    SOUND: RME Hammerfall HDSPe AIO

    I am not plan to overclock OOTB. First i wanna check how it will perform without any overclocking. Maybe try water/OC later. For the RAM i am really indecisive, which one to choose from. The motherboard specs tell that it wants 1.5v while on the G.Skill RAM configurator listings also the 1.6v & 1.65v. So it should be fine? I do not want to be plagued from bluescreens. Will the CPU be somehow throttled when using higher MHZ than 1600 MHZ without overclock? (I remember i read somewhere something?)

    RAM models i take into consideration (directly from the G.Skill RAM Configurator):

    ----------------------------
    1. (8.75ns Latency)
    [TridentX] F3-1600C7Q-32GTX
    DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800)
    32GB (8GBx4)
    CL7-8-8-24
    1.5 Volt
    ----------------------------
    2. (8.57ns Latency)
    [TridentX] F3-1866C8Q-32GTX
    DDR3-1866 (PC3-14900)
    32GB (8GBx4)
    CL8-9-9-24
    1.6 Volt
    ----------------------------
    3. (8.44ns Latency)
    [TridentX] F3-2133C9Q-32GTX
    DDR3-2133 (PC3-17000)
    32GB (8GBx4)
    CL9-11-11-31
    1.6 Volt
    ----------------------------
    The formula i have used for the latency: 2000 x (CL / Speed) = Latency in nanoseconds (ns)

    My gut says choose the 1600 MHZ for lesser problems, but if you choose the 1866 MHZ there is maybe some improvement over it. But now, if i choose the 1866 MHZ, why not take the 2133 MHZ? For 2400 MHZ i read on Amazon, they confirmed problems on a Gigabyte motherboard. I also read somewhere for intel we should go with 1.5v, but this should be outdated information? When reading feedbacks on newegg, people choose 2400 MHZ mostly. I am completely confused what is the best take here? What will happen when i am using 2133 MHZ, but without overclock (atm)? Will it running on 2133 MHZ or 1600 MHZ? Is there some CPU throttling? I really don't know what i should do here.

    Mobo's specs (http://www.gigabyte.us/products/prod...px?pid=4483#sp)
    Mobo's qvl (http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList...-z87x-ud5h.pdf)
    G.Skill RAM Configurator (http://gskill.com/en/configurator?ma...307&model=1355)

    The new build will be running 24/7, while there is DAW work & video rendering,
    coding, local apache, all kind of different tasks. I want to connect up to 3/4 screens to it.
    If there is a little sparetime i want to do a game here and there.

    Components i want to adopt from my old rig (AMD 9850) into the new one:
    *MSI GeForce GTX 660 TwinFrozr III
    *UAD-2 Solo
    *4xhdd
    *1xssd

    Which RAM should i choose? Any help and suggestion much appreciated.
    My last build is already some years ago.
    Thanks in advantage,
    Gthdr
    Last edited by Gthdr; 07-07-2013, 01:27 AM. Reason: missing info

  • #2
    For rendering in particular I'd go with a higher freq, a lot of the the actual data (video will be in DRAM at any given time and the faster it gets processed the better, the higher freq allows for more bandwith of the processing per clock cycle, I run the Trident 32GB 2400 set on my IB build (3570K at 4.7GHz 24/7)


    Pls offer comments on support I provide, HERE, in order to help me do a better job here:

    Tman

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    • #3
      Thank you for your answer, so i can go without any doubts with the "G.Skill TridentX DIMM Kit 32GB PC3-19200U CL10-12-12-31 (DDR3-2400) (F3-2400C10Q-32GTX)"?

      Just to confirm, these are 1.65v and they work on the choosen Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H without any problems, because it is listed in the RAM - Configurator?
      Am i right?

      Thanks again,
      Gthdr

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      • #4
        Yes, as long as you use a good CPU like i7-4770K

        Thank you
        GSKILL TECH

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