System is up and rockin'.  I loaded the largest demo project from Cakewalk that came with X1 Producer Expanded and CPU status show so little activity that I should be able to handle any project I might need.

Next opportunity for upgrade, I will be ordering the DVD install discs as that has been the biggest pain having to download and install from Producer-X1 Producer-X1c Producer-X1d Producer-X1d Producer Expanded.

This forum has been a priceless tool for getting this done and having it work!  Thank you all!

The ASRock motherboard has been replaced with a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H.  I got the PC up and running this morning - first time powered on and Win 7 booted up.  No applications installed yet, as I want to run it for a couple of days to make sure its all working.  Then I'll dress the cabling and put the front and back case panels on.

As it sits now here is the hardware list:
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H Motherboard
i7 3770 CPU
16 GB GSkill Ripsaw Memory  F3-14900CL9Q- 16GBXL
OCZ Vertex 4, 128GB SSD Drive
1 TB 7200 RPM drive (for data)
1.5 TB 5400 RPM drive (for Acronis backups)
2 LG GH24LS70  CD/DVD burner drives
Corsair Carbide 500R Case
OCZ ZT 750 watt fully modular power supply

@fireberd
Any update on the new build?  How's the new MB working for you?

Everything is going good so far.  I finished loading Sonar and the drivers for my interface units and the BCF2000 yesterday.  I've still got some other software to install, and I'll be moving this PC to my recording console next week.  I have a recording session scheduled for July 11th and I'll be using the new system for that.

I installed Windows and the recording software on the SSD.  Just about everything else is being installed on the 1TB hard drive (and data such as Cakewalk Projects will be on the 1TB hard drive).


Jack

Thanks Jack - glad to hear it's going well.

Is everyone using Windows 7 64 bit?  Have all compatibility issues been worked out?

I have Producer 8.5.
Anyone still using XP?

Would anyone still do a new build with XP as the OS?

XP is basically a non issue for new hardware systems.  Some new hardware doesn't even have XP drivers.  There are still some XP hold ons but they are slowly upgrading. 

I've been on 64 bit OS (Vista and now Win 7) for many years with both Sonar 8.5 and X1.  There are some issues with add-ons for Sonar, but in my applications I have not had any problems.  Some have both 32 bit version and 64 bit version of Sonar installed on their PC's.  When I first installed Vista 64 bit, I kept my Vista 32 bit system in case I had Sonar problems, but I never had any problems in Sonar that required me to go back to it. 

I also have Pro Tools MP9 which is 32 bit and it runs under Win 7 64 bit without problems.