Mus
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New Laptop custom build
Hi guys, Just wondered how this grabs you for a Sonar Platinum laptop build for use with my MOTU Ultralyte Hybrid Mk 3. It has VGA and HDMI. Anything you would change? Chassis & Display Cosmos Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor 6700HQ (2.6GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX IMPACT 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950M - 2.0GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 12 2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD BLACK 2.5" WD10JPLX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
M.2 SSD Drive 512GB INTEL® 600p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (upto 1775MB/sR | 560MB/sW)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW) Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
AC Adaptor 2 x 120W AC AdaptorPower Cable
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card Via® 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone JackBluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8260 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options 3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery Cosmos Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (48.84WH)
Keyboard Language COSMOS 17" SERIES UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence Many thanks! M
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Mus
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Re: New Laptop custom build
January 01, 17 11:48 AM
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Happy New Year! A couple of things about the hard drives after doing some research. I was pondering having the second drive being a 960Gb Kingston UV400 SSD instead of 1Tb 7200RPM SATA for audio but I'm not convinced that it is a necessity performance-wise and more of a pain to recover data if it fails for quite a price-hike too. Also...the builders advised that a 2Tb SATA would be unwise for a laptop audio drive - is it true that it would be slower e.g. a Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM? Thanks! M
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Jim Roseberry
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Re: New Laptop custom build
January 02, 17 9:07 AM
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SSD is about three times the speed of a conventional 3.5" HD (2.5" HDs are a little slower than 3.5" conventional HDs).
Whether you need the performance difference is completely dependent on the scope of your projects.
If you're not working at higher sample-rates... and not working with large track counts, then the 2.5" conventional HD will be fine.
If you need higher performance, definitely go with the SSD.
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Re: New Laptop custom build
January 02, 17 9:08 AM
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If your "Audio" drive has to do double duty in the laptop (also running disk-streaming sample libraries), then definitely go with the SSD.
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Re: New Laptop custom build
January 02, 17 4:11 PM
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Thanks Jim :-)
I was looking at putting the sample libraries on the OS drive - mostly EZDrummer, Komplete Ultimate, Dimension Pro, Z3TA2 etc. I think these mostly get loaded into RAM, no?
I also got some feedback that the Intel SSD is not a great choice (Samsung better) and that the Kabylake CPU is coming out soon and might be worth a month or so wait?
M
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Re: New Laptop custom build
January 02, 17 8:21 PM
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Re: New Laptop custom build
January 03, 17 9:51 AM
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