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Appreciate all your help. 😬

Yeah, as the current ITX landscape comes clearer, it is seeming like I'll get better overall value from a Ryzen setup. I bet in six months or so it will be a different story, but that's just the way it goes, I guess.

Haha, we just cross-messaged. But thank you for this info! Hmm, DDR5 just seems prohibitively expensive right now for the benefit I would get. What about the other Alder Lake boards? H670, etc.? I think I'm pretty set on the IQUNIX case [I might consider the Lian-Li A4 H20 if it comes in stock]...

Oh, awesome. I'm glad you said that because I'd much rather use the EK Basic if I could. I'd read some older posts where people couldn't get the LGA 1700 kits to fit properly, but maybe they've sorted the issue by now. Thanks again. Edit: Oh, the case I'm looking at is the IQUNIX ZX-1, a pretty...

Haha, well, I'm already on Win11, so I hope the reverse is true, too. Appreciate the help! Edit: Oh, since you mentioned the energy efficiency, do you think a 240 AIO is enough to manage the 12700 in an ITX enclosure? I haven't found that much about the temperature differences.

Awesome, thank you. When I discovered that the 5900X could be had for such a reasonable price, I thought I'd surely go Ryzen, but these Alder Lake chips have legitimately surprised me! I have read on another forum that Alder Lake also plays better on Win11—or, to be accurate, that Ryzen plays...

Hello, I just got a new job as a contractor doing multimedia design work, and as the workload seems a bit more intense, I think it feels like time to upgrade my system—I'm currently running a 4790K + GTX 970, which has served me well. 😊 It may not matter much, but for what it's worth, I'm most...

No worries, glad to do it. Danny's the man. Good luck with your build!

Oh, well, I don't know about major! :p I do think the build I provided is more on the "GPU-oriented" side of things, whereas Danny's build is better balanced. But in terms of budget gaming builds, I normally try to get high-quality parts for the core hardware, while still saving money for where...

Danny's builds are always top-notch, so I would consider his very closely, but here is another option, if you don't mind going a step down in terms of CPU performance. I personally think the P2X4 955 is still a great value. You could trade out the graphics for something with a bit more bite, and...

I do love the Mini P180, also, but the swinging door has become something of a mild nuisance. For the price I paid, though [$69.99], it was far and away the most sleek, feature-rich Micro ATX case I could find, and it has served me quite well. That said, I have built computers for...

I have the Mini P180, and I'm not sure about the relative dimensions, but I can say for sure that if you are using fewer than three hard drives, there's a superfluous hard drive cage, right where most graphics cards would run into trouble. I have removed that cage, and I'd say there has to be...

Heh, I'm sure they are beneficial, but my point was that it seems like your budget is quite expansive, and yet you have a cost issue with a $200 case. Certainly, you can do whatever you want, but there seems to be a disconnect somewhere. Cheers!

Awesome.

Sorry about that. I guess I find it a little confusing that you would cringe at a $150 computer case (FT03), and yet consider a 512GB solid state drive for storage. If budget is a concern, why not go with Danny's Hitachi drive, and pocket the change? There's your $250 case right there, plus a...

Oh, I'm glad this came up. Danny, how would you compare the price/performance between the M4, and say a Corsair Force GT? Or the 120GB Vertex 3 drives? Aside from a few benchmarks, it's been hard to find a good real world comparison.

Also, I think the Silverstone Fortress cases (FT02 and FT03) are worth a look, if sleek is what you seek.

Hmm, I have never heard anyone describe that particular Seasonic PSU as "noisy". Their reputation is quite to the contrary, as they are even known to build quiet PSU's for other companies. I don't think you'll find a more reputable source for PSU reviews than Oklahoma Wolf via jonnyguru.com: I...

+1. That's a great deal.

Thanks, as always.

Ah, very cool. Yes, I do remember that, and I guess I can't believe so much time has passed! I'll read up a bit, but that's great to know about these new Hitachi drives.

Hey Danny! Been a while, but I'm getting the bug again, lately, so I've started to frequent these forums more and more. Just posting here because this is the first time I recall seeing you recommend a Hitachi drive over a Seagate/WD/Samsung. I know the hard drive landscape is kind of nuts right...

Heh, I appreciate your help, but I don't appreciate the suggestion that I wouldn't have Googled it by now! Seriously? :confused: I find that issues like this are best worked out one-to-one, normally. But still, yes, I realize it is an OS issue. I only posted it because it is an OS issue...

No, my desktop is running Windows 7, still. So any Windows 7 advice would be helpful. The whole reason for the file transfer was to keep my important stuff on a W7 machine. Windows 8 is running only on my laptop. And I guess I can see your point about moving the post. I only put it here because...

So, yeah, I probably should have seen it coming, but I am sometimes adventurous to the point of being irrational. I tried out this utility called PCmover a few days ago to move a lot of my old games over from my laptop to my desktop (trying out Windows 8 on the laptop for a little bit). Most of...

We had a 17" MBP. It crumbled under the load. Of course, technology is always advancing, I suppose. Heh, isn't that what I'm doing? Haha. A 6670 is hardly a monster. :D Sounds good, but I'd like to point that our instruments are apparently a far cry from "most VST's". Honestly, I hate most...

Good info, here, gents. I'll be excited to see how it all shakes out in the rebuild after work. Got your PM, bytheway, enginurd. Get back to you ASAP.

I'd forgotten about the 600T! It looks very nice, and fully featured, but also pretty large, even for an ATX enclosure. The FT02 is a great-looking case, but more expensive. Does Velocity Micro have any more cases? They look promising. Anyway, thanks, very overview of the chassis landscape...

Hmm, really good question. I'll have to admit, this is the one area where I have allowed aesthetics to creep in and affect my better judgment. I do like the Mac Pro style cues, and the materials used. I'm not terribly concerned about the size, itself. I would actually have been happy to see a...

My fault, Danny. I didn't update the initial post on this "interesting" issue. Basically, my partner has spoken with some *apparently* power users, who admittedly have some good work, and they claim to have dramatically improved their performance by maxing out the RAM in their systems (24GB and...

Here, I found someone in an audio forum posting it.

We have been using an HD192 for some time, and it is MOTU, I believe. Also, no one said anything about Windows. :D :o Additionally, latency was not really an issue, for us. Our problems were something much more pronounced than that, I think. I would activate a plug-in (like our piano software...

Seems like you are leaving out some information. Modern Warfare 2 is much less resource intensive than, say, Crysis 2. Or BFBC2. In other words, what specific games do you want to play?

Heh, Danny rightly pointed out that my old DAW blog with an unlimited budget is really different enough by now, that I need to start a new thread. So, what have we, now? 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? This build will be for an audio workstation. We will...

I am looking to go in the next two weeks. I am not really one to wait for new tech, usually, and I wouldn't really describe the immediate build as super-high-end. Probably around $1200 for this one. I'd like to go a little nicer on the power supply, but I want to use the Silverstone cabling kit...

Well, I am looking to go in the next two weeks. I am not really one to wait for new tech, usually, and I wouldn't really describe the immediate build as super-high-end. Probably around $1200 for this one.

Good points, both.

Well, I guess I'll probably go with a Sandy Bridge build. Pretty quiet day, today.

Hmm. Interesting.

Hehe, anyone?