The way I understand it....
AMD Only manufactures the Ryzen 1800x .
Then with a lazer, disables features and cores that result in the 1700s, 1600s, 1500s,1400s.
I guess Intel does the same thing....Marketing.

Maybe it's just my bad luck , But at least 4 SATA's have failed me. You don't need a silent case or even case fans... If you don't have any noise or heat. 3 SSD's raided 0 for speed would be ideal.
 
{The first manufacturer to use  "USB3.1 v2" in their Audio interface will make inexpensive AMD's a great option!}

Bill Gabbert
Maybe it's only my bad luck, But I have gone through at least 4 SATA's ; You don't need a silent case or even any fans if your system doesn't make any heat or any noise. 3 SSD's raided 0 for speed would be ideal.

Nit picking, but it you're going to configure any striped RAID, you want an even number of drives.  
 

If you're running something like EWSO (which only allows a single drive location for its accompanying library), two SATA SSDs in RAID-0 will net about 1000MB/Sec.  Plenty of polyphony... at reasonable cost.
 
If you're a hardcore composer running multiple multi-mic libraries, the polyphony can pile up fast.
We have clients scoring video games (doing huge orchestral mock-ups) who want to pull 4000+ stereo voices of disk-streaming polyphony.  These folks typically leverage m.2 Ultra, PCIe x4, and multiple SATA SSDs.
 
There's still a time/place for conventional HDs.
If you're recording audio at 44.1k/48k, unless you're working on projects with more than 100 contiguous audio tracks, you don't need SSD.
Today's HDs don't put off nearly the noise or heat of their predecessors.  
Nothing at all like the old Seagate Cheetahs!
 
If you're working at 188k/192k, I'd go with SSD for Audio.
 
 
 

Actually I have HUGE problem with Kaby Lake and Z270 Asus Hero motherboard. My Presonu Studio Live 1st generation would not run with Fire Wire card. Presonus says- I am the only one with this problem. It is still possible that it is unsigned drivers issue, but the foftware part is working, but hardware can not transmit. Presonus says- may be something wrong with the line distribution and Z270 not able to handle 24 tracks of Audio. They say- with Apple, they some time would get only 8 channels work but with PCs, if it does not have enough throughput, nothing goes trough. Have to throw away 24 channels Presonus mixer over this and buy something else. And nobody knows. Reported this to Asus- no answer. 

Does it have Thunderbolt the Z270 chipset. As a workaround if you get a suitable adaptor you could channel it through that interface.
 
There's Apple Mac adapters however PC seem to be hiding.
 
Well Belkin do one......screw that price though. I'm sure Apple has upped the licensing rights for that one....
 

Well- I used the same model of the Fire Wire card that I used for my Ivy Bridge build. I think it is SIIG TI chip. Both cards work on my Ivy Bridge and none work on Kaby. We tried the legacy driver- it sees the mixer, it sees if I move the faders, it even updated firmware on the mixer via Fire Wire, so it communicates, but Audio cant go through. Do you think I need to buy another card model? As I say- the card works on Z77 motherboard.
 
And, yes, it has Thunderbolt. Dont mean to threadjack with my problem (my $2500 problem)- I can start another thread, also it been discussed in details in Toms Hardware. You saying- there is adopter from Thunderbolt to FireWire? That would be weird way to connect but if it works...  

Started new thread "Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 to FireWire" and it does not show in the thread list. Can anyone see it? (Sorry for this). Thank you. 

Have I said just how much I LOATH the forum software???  

On initial launch, the motherboards were *super* flaky.  Beta status at best...
SMT (Hyper Threading in AMD speak) would mysteriously disappear.
Change an unrelated BIOS setting (disable onboard Audio) and the motherboard wouldn't boot with RAM at 2667MHz.
 
Several months down the line, motherboards have solidified a bit.
However, there's still some flaky behavior.
We had one scenario (recently testing X370 motherboards with RAM at 3200MHz) where the motherboard would let you into the BIOS... and immediately lock up.  The behavior continued even after clearing CMOS.  
Had to pull the RAM to get motherboard back to normal function.
At this point, there's no way I'd build a Ryzen based DAW for clients.
 
Intel X99 motherboards are mature and rock-solid
ie: You can install DDR4/3200 in just about any major X99 motherboard... and it'll work just fine.
Ironically, there's not a major performance benefit for using higher speed RAM.
 
These things said, we do have an 1800x based DAW here in the studio.
Overall, it's running pretty well.
We've got 32GB RAM running at 3200MHz.
Still waiting on further BIOS updates... to improve RAM compatibility and eliminate issues when changing parameters.
With fast RAM, the 1800x does best the i7-6850k running DAW Bench (low-latency audio stress-test).
 
Healthy competition is good for everyone...
Intel hasn't had serious competition for at least a decade.
Ryzen has the potential to be serious competition.
AMD's next generation "Threadripper" CPUs are even more enticing.
Up to 16-cores (32 Threads) and 64 PCIe lanes...

I appreciate your efforts, scook.   :)
FWIW, I can't ever edit a post without it being removed.

Jim Roseberry
On initial launch, the motherboards were *super* flaky.  Beta status at best...
...

That's all correct. And the state of beta isn't over for Ryzen, probably never will be. Especially the mainboards still have a ton of issues that can be hard and time consuming to deal with, even for experienced PC builders.
 
BIOS updates keep coming but fix little. This is the price you pay for a low-cost high-performance computer. But the newer Intel CPUs do have some issues to, albeit not the same. The 6th and 7th generation i7 all run pretty hot, without spending additional money for high-grade cooling solutions you won't be able to overclock at all. When it comes to the newer Intel CPUs it's all about the money, too much for my taste.
 
The best thing definitely is that Intel finally has some competition to deal with. Even the pro-Intel party should consider this as a big plus, Intel has been looting all of us to an extensive level, and I personally was feed up with this. Before Ryzen I considered buying solely on the second-hand market from now on, which would have been a questionable decision, cause CPUs wear. After Ryzen Intel pulled one new announcement after the other from their magic hat.

Bill Gabbert
The way I understand it....
AMD Only manufactures the Ryzen 1800x .
Then with a lazer, disables features and cores that result in the 1700s, 1600s, 1500s,1400s.
I guess Intel does the same thing....Marketing.

NOT marketing at all... it is economies of scale... if you can produce the same product and disable portions more cheaply than producing a variety of products to address various needs/price points, you are smart.  Needless to say, it says more about our race to the bottom line and flaws in the rape/pillage/plunder capitalistic system than "marketing"

Hi,

Someone linked this thread on a similar thread I made over on gearslutz where I benchmarked the 6900k vs the 1800x.  You may find my results interesting:

Gearslutz Thread:

Youtube video:

A user with less than 25 posts cannot post direct links, but someone recently simply substituted the http with hxxp and the text came through fine.