New Music PC

[lukegarvey170]

Afternoon all, just built this pc solely for music production. Any advice/criticism welcome. Looking to amend the motherboard, any suggestions? Will take out the network card and probably increase the PSU. Thanks.

Case
BE QUIET! DARK BASE PRO 900 REV. 2 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
128GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (4 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 1030
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6400MB/R, 2700MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W CV SERIES™ CV-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H150i ELITE LCD Display RGB CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
3x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Christmas Delivery No Longer Guaranteed - Assembly From 29/12/2021
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
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[Me4499]

Hi, a couple things for the post, people will ask for the spec to include the configuration link so people can easily adjust the spec, the sticky threads in the forum explain how. Then the other key things are: budget, purposes and monitor (i.e. if you have one or what you plan to buy). The monitor is more important if you're building a PC around gaming or something else graphics focused.

Do you know what is most required for music production on a PC? This seems to generally be a high spec system but I am not expert. I noticed you picked one of the motherboards for gaming though often that does mean it has more features which might help. I went for the ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING.

I see PSC show Windows 11 by default but I checked your motherboard pick (ASUS® ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II) and I had been looking at mine too, both only have a TPM header and not a TPM chip built in. Currently that seems to mean the motherboard will not support Windows 11 without purchasing a TPM device to connect to the motherboard. I noticed the B450-F shows just a TPM header while the X570-PLUS is a TPM-SPI which I think seems less common so I might have a harder time dealing with that. Though personally, I would still suggest sticking with Windows 10 for now to be on the safe side since Windows 11 is still quite new.

Out of interest, why did you pick that particular case? The case (BE QUIET! DARK BASE PRO 900 REV. 2 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE) shows a warnings when you procced from the configuration that it is larger then normal and is shipped on a pallet, the full text from PSC:

Congratulations on selecting the BE QUIET! DARK BASE PRO 900 REV. 2 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE. As you may be aware this case is larger than normal and therefore in order to protect your computer during delivery it will be dispatched to you on a pallet.

The delivery vehicle will have a tail lift but you may have to dispose of the pallet yourself afterwards. Example image below:

It's just a picture of a pallet with a PC case strapped to it with carboard to protect the edges and it looks like its wrapped in plastic.

Good look with the build, hopefully others provide some advice too.

 

[SpyderTracks]

I see PSC show Windows 11 by default but I checked your motherboard pick (ASUS® ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II) and I had been looking at mine too, both only have a TPM header and not a TPM chip built in. Currently that seems to mean the motherboard will not support Windows 11 without purchasing a TPM device to connect to the motherboard. I noticed the B450-F shows just a TPM header while the X570-PLUS is a TPM-SPI which I think seems less common so I might have a harder time dealing with that. Though personally, I would still suggest sticking with Windows 10 for now to be on the safe side since Windows 11 is still quite new.

fTPM is a standard on all modern boards, it's a firmware TPM built in, you don't need a dedicated chip. Any modern PC will support windows 11.

 

[lukegarvey170]

Hi, a couple things for the post, people will ask for the spec to include the configuration link so people can easily adjust the spec, the sticky threads in the forum explain how. Then the other key things are: budget, purposes and monitor (i.e. if you have one or what you plan to buy). The monitor is more important if you're building a PC around gaming or something else graphics focused.

Do you know what is most required for music production on a PC? This seems to generally be a high spec system but I am not expert. I noticed you picked one of the motherboards for gaming though often that does mean it has more features which might help. I went for the ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING.

I see PSC show Windows 11 by default but I checked your motherboard pick (ASUS® ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II) and I had been looking at mine too, both only have a TPM header and not a TPM chip built in. Currently that seems to mean the motherboard will not support Windows 11 without purchasing a TPM device to connect to the motherboard. I noticed the B450-F shows just a TPM header while the X570-PLUS is a TPM-SPI which I think seems less common so I might have a harder time dealing with that. Though personally, I would still suggest sticking with Windows 10 for now to be on the safe side since Windows 11 is still quite new.

Out of interest, why did you pick that particular case? The case (BE QUIET! DARK BASE PRO 900 REV. 2 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE) shows a warnings when you procced from the configuration that it is larger then normal and is shipped on a pallet, the full text from PSC:


It's just a picture of a pallet with a PC case strapped to it with carboard to protect the edges and it looks like its wrapped in plastic.

Good look with the build, hopefully others provide some advice too.

Thanks for your reply and advice, I picked the case because of the amount of fans it can utilise for cooling on longs days/heavy projects. From my research 64GB RAM would probably suffice a large EDM project, but i have an interest in orchestral mock ups so opted for 128GB instead. PCS had selected windows 11 and was something I overlooked and may change it back to windows 10 for plugin compatability. The system has been bought and currently in processing the build won't star until the 29th so I will amend the motherboard to either Crosshair Vlll hero or X570S Aorus pro ax

 

[Me4499]

fTPM is a standard on all modern boards, it's a firmware TPM built in, you don't need a dedicated chip. Any modern PC will support windows 11.

I've not come across fTPM, thanks, I just checked and the X570-PLUS motherboard I have appear to support that, it just needs the setting updated in the BIOS to make it use the firmware TPM not discreet TPM.