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kitecrazy. I agree. I think buying new hardware for me was more about preparing for a probable failure. Future proofing having more to do with hardware stability. I did think about getting more recent hardware though simply because it made sense :) I also agree about the bells and whistles...I don't need bluetooth or wifi on my mobo since I wire direct. I wanted to choose which video card so I didn't really want onboard video. I still wound up with onboard sound. Most of what I wanted a gamer also wants with the exception of video. I want good video. I don't need best video.
TerraSin- I am sure my mobo will take up to 128gb of memory.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157543
Maybe you seen another model? It also has M2 slot and has provision for thunderbolt. I probably won't ever need 128gb of memory. I could push 10 tracks of Kontakt on an older machine with only 8gb unfrozen...so 16gb should be more than ample. You must be into some heavy stuff there :) Most home studio users will find 16gb to be plenty.
I can't comment on isolation boxes since I have never used one of those. I primarily try to keep my airflow and cpu temps at decent levels with a minimal use of fans mainly to reduce noise levels in my studio, but that's me. I am only getting 30c on a 5820K clocked to 4.4mhz on my cpu with two case fans and the noctua cpu fan...so I seen no need to add more cooling.
I have attempted twice to post pics but I don't think this forum likes my links so I'll attempt it on the next post.
If you don't see pics I couldn't get it to work :)
For me, futureproofing means being able to use this build for about 4 years without running into issues. Things like the Hollywood series and even some patches in Omnisphere really put a strain on my existing system which is i7 3.5ghz w/32GB RAM.
I went with onboard video because the new Skylake has the ability to run x3 4K monitors natively rather than having to put in another piece of hardware with a fan. There were some options of fanless 4K support but I didn't like any of them and the build was expensive enough already.
You're correct, I was looking at the wrong board. Here's the thing about that one though: the only way you'd be able to get 128GB on it would be to use a Xeon processor which I was trying to avoid. The LGA 2011 has a maximum of either 32GB for i5-4670k/i7-4770k and 64GB for i7-4930k/i7-4960k.
One big selling point for me was more pcie lanes on Skylake which allows for more M.2 drives. I eventually want to dump some of my SSDs for them since they are quite a bit faster which is nice when working with large orchestra samples.
Fans, I'm going to drop down to 3 since the cpu cooler has two fans on it already and put the other two in my personal machine. I was actually re-evaluating the existing noise in here and found the majority of my fan noise was coming from my personal computer which at the same desk. The whole computer is going to my wife once this build is done so my personal computer will become my existing studio computer while the new build is the new studio computer. Both will have quieter cases but they aren't quiet enough IMO when doing any live recording with microphones.
I'll get some pictures of the new build once it's finished. Been waiting on the case to go on sale to see if I can save a few more bucks.