I have also done the same transition recently...

all amazing here....

I get the odd annoyance with tweaking console levels when mixing whilst a track is playing.

musterion942


I plan on installing a 128GB SSD Drive to install Windows and other programs on it as well as Games. and use the Slave HHD (standard 1 TB Hard Drive) for the project files and audio storage. below is my system setup to date. =========================================================== Microsnot Windows 7 32bit Mother Board ECS BF8200A AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor,440 MHz 4 Core(s), 4 Logic Core(s) 16.00GB Installed Physical Memory. XfX Radeon HD5770 Graphics Cars. IDT HD Audio.

You do realise that you're only utilising about 3.25Gb of your 16Gb of RAM by not running Win7 64 & Sonar 64 yes?

@musterion942 


+1 on the inability to access all installed memory, as posted by Bristol_Jonesey.


Your system should be running Windows 7 in 64-bit mode rather than 32-bit mode.


With 32-bit mode, Windows will see only a maximum of 4 GB (minus system overhead, bringing it down to about 3.2-3.3 GB).


With 64-bit Windows 7, you can see all 16 GB of your memory (minus overhead), which applications such as Sonar will love, IF they too are installed as 64-bit applications.  (And depending on your version of Windows and your motherboard, you could recognize up to something like 192 GB of memory - I use 32 GB)


Bob Bone

Isn't the 32-bit 4GB limit on a "per program" basis and not Windows-wide? What I mean is, if you have 16GB in a 32-bit system, Windows can still utilize it all, but just a maximum of 4GB per program? 

No it can't. A 32 bit OS can only access 4 GB of memory. It is not on a per program basis.

If it were a 64 bit OS it can allocate up to 4 GB to each 32 bit program.    

I'll jump in hoping this doesn't turn ugly as is the status quo here lately.
 
I believe that's a huge part of why Sonar 853, x1, X2a, whatever run so well for me. I am a retired tech and build my own machine with the only top notch parts. Intel 240GB SSD for OS and Sonar x2a. Seperate audio % sample drives, both SATA III 7200rpm seagates-newest revision. 12GB corsair ram, Nvidea GT220 2GB, etc,  etc.
Echo Layla3G-love this thing. I also monitor thru a seperate Mixing board so latency is never an issue for me, so I set it fairly high.
I have always maintained hi end, very well tuned systems.
Nice thread (so Far) We can only dream.
 
Now if I could only spell and type.

John


No it can't. A 32 bit OS can only access 4 GB of memory. It is not on a per program basis.

If it were a 64 bit OS it can allocate up to 4 GB to each 32 bit program.    

A little cursory research has shown this to be a myth. Not that Windows 32-bit will access more than 4GB, because that part is correct. However it turns out that the 4GB limit is not an inherent property of 32-bit systems, but rather a limitation that Microsoft hardwired into Windows. You can only use 4GB in 32-bit Windows because that's how much Microsoft have licensed you to use with their OS. And apparently it's hackable, although not advised. 


http://www.geoffchappell....ows/license/memory.htm

stratman70


I'll jump in hoping this doesn't turn ugly as is the status quo here lately.
 
I believe that's a huge part of why Sonar 853, x1, X2a, whatever run so well for me. I am a retired tech and build my own machine with the only top notch parts. Intel 240GB SSD for OS and Sonar x2a. Seperate audio % sample drives, both SATA III 7200rpm seagates-newest revision. 12GB corsair ram, Nvidea GT220 2GB, etc,  etc.
Echo Layla3G-love this thing. I also monitor thru a seperate Mixing board so latency is never an issue for me, so I set it fairly high.
I have always maintained hi end, very well tuned systems.
Nice thread (so Far) We can only dream.
 
Now if I could only spell and type.

Definitively - new hardware  helps. I do think that fact that new PC entails a freshly installed OS does still play a part in the equation though. Unless a machine is restricted to just the DAW application, we tend to load new programs, their drivers, services, and what not which all tend to change the behavior of the PC over time.


Anybody ever remember getting anecdotal advice on re-installing your OS every six months..

http://www.howtogeek.com/...your-operating-system/

Good point for clarity-Thanks

 Just as an aside... My newly installed rack mount Studiocat/Purrfect Audio I7-3930K@4.5 MHz Win Pro 64 with 16 gb ram runs X2 solid as a rock.... This is an insanely fast system.