My I ask why the sound doesn't work with Windows 7? Surely there must be something wrong as it is a Z77 board, built for use with modern 64 bit drivers.Īnyways, if you can't get it working, I wouldn't sink a ton of money into a soundcard, but get something that works efficient. That is unfortunate that your on-board sound does not work with Windows 7, as there is hardly any advantage to having a dedicated soundcard these days vs a half decent onboard.
NZXT Switch 810 Hybrid Full Tower Gaming CaseĬyberPower Xtreme Hydro Liquid Cooling Kit LG 12X Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback I am looking for recommendations on best card, for gaming (ClOD and RoF and Battlefield 3 and Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, etc)….ĪSUS XONAR DG 5.1 sound card It seems I need a card with the Green, Black, and Gold connectors/cables to Z506 subwoofer/system. Problem is that I've now discovered, to my great surprise and disappointment, that the supposed 7.1 on-board sound with the GIGABYTE MOBO does not work with Windows 7, when it comes to driving a 5.1 Speaker setup.
The stability is an added bonus.Īny type of rendering, decoding, or general purpose calculation will likely run a little bit better on a Xeon then a consumer grade chip, and the computer should be crash free as long as the proper power is applied.I've got my new rig…See Specs way down below…
Literally some software out there is optimized to run on these style chips, which is why you will find them in PC and MAC workstations for professional use. These are intended for very long duration calculation or to operate as a server. Additionally the Xeon has more instructions sets and support for ECC memory. The Xeon E3-1245V3 is a quad core with hyperthreading (8 logical cores) at 3.4 Ghz with a turbo boost of 3.9Ghz. I7-4770k has a base clock of 3.5Ghz, an unlocked multiplier, and several virtualization technologies disabled (on purpose). I7-4771 has a base clock of 3.5Ghz, same 3.9Ghz boost. 1600 is still plenty fast and the price premium on the memory literally pays for the extra ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) chips.īasically an i7-4770 is a quad core with hyperthreading (8 logical cores) at 3.4 Ghz with a turbo boost of 3.9Ghz (also not sure the i7-4771 is available everywhere) ECC memory can't be clocked as fast as some overclocking kits, and the consumer Haswell boards support 1866. It would likely be faster then a comparable build with a i7-4770 or i7-4770k, the i7-4771 has a slightly faster clock, but would lack the ECC memory. But as I said, any insight from yourself (or anyone else) really is greatly appreciated. First of all, would agree that this statement is accurate? And if so, is the Xeon/ECC memory really the route to go? Am I right in saying that it would get the job done less swiftly, but with more reliability? I've been told that when rendering lengthy film projects (which is the intended task), system stability is paramount. I've used computers extensively as tools, but I thought it was about time that I learned a bit about what's going on. You see, I'm a novice when it comes to tech. Though I would recommend an Nvidia Quadro or the like, but they are pricey.
The rest of your parts should pair well with it. You might have better luck searching for them. I had some difficulty locating the motherboard and memory on the popular UK computer parts stores. ~£150 Memory: Wintec 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1600 Still there are Haswell Xeons that will let you use ECC memory (stability) and get all the neat extensions and instruction sets that make bulk processing faster.Į3-1245V3 is basically an i7-4770 with all the extras turned on. On further examination an X79 chip might put you out of budget. Power suply Corsair Professional HX 750W (I'm not certain about this Wattage, far too much I think) Optical drive 1: LG WH14NS40 Blue-ray/DVD/CD Video card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 (I read that it is easy to enable CUDA support in PP using a simple 'hack') Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I would like to ask y'all whether you think this is a good, balanced spec for the purpose, and for the budget? My focus has been stability and reliability, so I have gone for the components which seemed to have the most positive reviews, and I won't be over-clocking. The budget is £1000 - £1500 (obviously, the closer to the lower end of the range, the better). I have been researching for the last few weeks and I think that I have settled on a spec.
Its primary purpose is HD video editing in Premiere Pro CS6.