Hi all I finally decided to upgrade my from old dell precision workstation to my own custom built pc. I have a asus desktop amd which been using for gaming and everyday stuff, 
  The motherboard i'm looking at is a  ASUS A88X-PRO FM2   the processor I plan to use AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz
 I did decide to add a couple of ssd drives one for my main os . the second wll have sonar . soundforge  reason and ableton 
 should I get a third to run Komplete buy itself   other drives of course I would just move my libraries and samples too.
 
  In my new dream studio would love to be able to have 3 monitors suggestions will be welcome my current Interfaces have been 2 maudio delta 1010's which i love as well as using a maudio octane preamp along with a roland vm 3100pro mostly work on Electronic , Ambient type music  as well as messing around with Sound Design
 
The Power supply I'm looking is a corsair 850hx pro series modular, my main question is 850 enough ? or would that be to much
 
Thanks  
 
Cakewalk For life :)

I'm running a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Dual UEFI Bios with an FX-8300
unlocked 3.3 ghz, 16 gb ram and two 128 SSD's a 1 TB in the case for instruments.

It's a rocket....I'm into the Windows Login Screen in 5 seconds from
a full boot.

My next upgrade is to the 8350....

Cool, system.  What Size power supply Do you have in your system ?
 
 

I run a pretty large system - 6 hard drives, 32 GB memory, liquid cooling, primary drive is a 256 GB SSD - just picked it up from Microcenter.com for $99 - which I think is a really good deal.
 
Anyways, I have used both AMD and Intel based systems, and both are up to the task of running Sonar.  I think Intel has a bit of a performance edge, but the AMD systems give you great bang for the buck, and work well too.
 
You were inquiring about power supplies - I happen to run a 1000 watt power supply, just so it will never really be an issue (always have plenty of power thus far with this one).
 
Good luck - it's a lot of fun (to me) to go through building a new system, and getting it loaded up and having it all work.
 
Bob Bone
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Desertdrone
Hi all I finally decided to upgrade my from old dell precision workstation to my own custom built pc. I have a asus desktop amd which been using for gaming and everyday stuff, 
  The motherboard i'm looking at is a  ASUS A88X-PRO FM2   the processor I plan to use AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz

 
I would recommend against AMD in general for high performance systems. Unfortunately these days their performance is not competitive with Intel's, and their power usage is pretty heavy. That CPU you are looking at competes with Intel's i5 series performance wise, but has a heat dissipation near their Haswell-E series.
 
That said, it'll still be plenty, unless you go nuts on the effects you don't need a ton of power by today's standards for DAWs. Digital audio has become "easy" for computers. Just saying when it is my money for a computer, I get Intel CPUs because they have more performance per clock and use less power.
 
 

I did decide to add a couple of ssd drives one for my main os . the second wll have sonar . soundforge  reason and ableton 
 should I get a third to run Komplete buy itself   other drives of course I would just move my libraries and samples too.
 

 
No reason to separate OS and apps. Get one SSD and stick your OS and your applications on there. Get a second one for samples. Your OS drive has very little access once Windows has booted, so running apps off of it works great.
 

The Power supply I'm looking is a corsair 850hx pro series modular, my main question is 850 enough ? or would that be to much

 
More than enough for the system as stated. Unless you run dual gaming GPUs, you do not need that much. However, I'm a fan of overspec'd PSUs so that is a fine choice. For your system as specified you'd be looking at a peak load of somewhere in the realm of 300 watts, presuming you choose a mid range GPU. If you go for a higher end GPU then you are talking 400-450 probably in which case an 800ish power supply is optimal (PSUs are most efficient at half their rated load).
 
Personally, I'd recommend Seasonic power supplies rather than Corsair. Corsairs are nice, but I've come to like Seasonic PSUs more. Their X series would be the rough equivalent to that Corsair HX. If you wanted something a bit better their Platinum series are what I like. Slightly more efficient and slightly quieter. In no way necessary, but nice. They make both ranging from 600-1200 watts so you've a range of choices.

Desertdrone
Cool, system.  What Size power supply Do you have in your system ?
 
 

I have a 550 Watt Power Supply...and it's been just fine....

Seriously, the performance "increase" compared to price
is negligent....AMD is far more "bang for the buck".  

Obviously Intel guys will always chant "Intel"!  But I've
used both and, to me, Intel is far overpriced.  

Their performance increase is primarily due to the fact that 
most program code is optimized for the Intel platform, not that
the processor is "faster" or has better performance.

AMD is also the first to have a 5 Ghz processor.

I have nothing against Intel.  I just think that, bang for buck,
AMD kicks them square in the teeth.
 

Sycraft

Desertdrone
Hi all I finally decided to upgrade my from old dell precision workstation to my own custom built pc. I have a asus desktop amd which been using for gaming and everyday stuff, 
  The motherboard i'm looking at is a  ASUS A88X-PRO FM2   the processor I plan to use AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz

 
I would recommend against AMD in general for high performance systems. Unfortunately these days their performance is not competitive with Intel's, and their power usage is pretty heavy. That CPU you are looking at competes with Intel's i5 series performance wise, but has a heat dissipation near their Haswell-E series.
 
That said, it'll still be plenty, unless you go nuts on the effects you don't need a ton of power by today's standards for DAWs. Digital audio has become "easy" for computers. Just saying when it is my money for a computer, I get Intel CPUs because they have more performance per clock and use less power.
 
 

I did decide to add a couple of ssd drives one for my main os . the second wll have sonar . soundforge  reason and ableton 
 should I get a third to run Komplete buy itself   other drives of course I would just move my libraries and samples too.
 

 
No reason to separate OS and apps. Get one SSD and stick your OS and your applications on there. Get a second one for samples. Your OS drive has very little access once Windows has booted, so running apps off of it works great.
 

The Power supply I'm looking is a corsair 850hx pro series modular, my main question is 850 enough ? or would that be to much

 
More than enough for the system as stated. Unless you run dual gaming GPUs, you do not need that much. However, I'm a fan of overspec'd PSUs so that is a fine choice. For your system as specified you'd be looking at a peak load of somewhere in the realm of 300 watts, presuming you choose a mid range GPU. If you go for a higher end GPU then you are talking 400-450 probably in which case an 800ish power supply is optimal (PSUs are most efficient at half their rated load).
 
Personally, I'd recommend Seasonic power supplies rather than Corsair. Corsairs are nice, but I've come to like Seasonic PSUs more. Their X series would be the rough equivalent to that Corsair HX. If you wanted something a bit better their Platinum series are what I like. Slightly more efficient and slightly quieter. In no way necessary, but nice. They make both ranging from 600-1200 watts so you've a range of choices.

 
Thanks for the info,  Not trying to start a intel vs amd battle I have nothing against intel just more cost based for me right now , will check out those power supplies 
I do have some vst effects that i use but alot of my effects are running from external sound modules.
 
 

cclarry

Desertdrone
Cool, system.  What Size power supply Do you have in your system ?
 
 

I have a 550 Watt Power Supply...and it's been just fine....

Thanks for the info guess I needed some encouragement Yeah nothing against intel I was looking at i5  but always seemed to have more experience with amd  on my asus desktop neever had a issue so it works for me 

Will post update when I start and finish the build:)