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Matthews Media
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June 4, 2012
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RAM compatible with 3930K and ASUS P9X79 PRO + more

  • June 4, 2012
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Hello all-knowledgeable computer friends,          

I am taking the plunge and am about to purchase these parts via newegg for ~$2000 to complete my DIY Premiere Pro 6/AE video editing computer for DSLR footage. I would love any feedback possible. What do you love/what do you hate? What should I change?

Some questions:

-Can anyone double-check my RAM, motherboard, & CPU compatibility? 

-Should I invest in a cooling fan?

-Will 750w be enough for PSU?

-Which RAM should I go with, 1600 or 1866 with the 3930k? Ripjaws a good selection?

[MOBO]

ASUS P9X79 PRO LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with USB BIOS

[RAM]

I can’t decide between the 1600 and 1866? Will one be more compatible with my CPU?  Intel’s website lists the 3930k compatible with 1600 only I think? Anyone know? G. Skill seems like a good option for my configuration (unless anyone thinks otherwise please let me know).

-G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (8 x 4GB) 32 GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q2-32GBZL

  • Vs.

-G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (8 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9Q2-32GBZL

[CPU]

Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K

[GPU]

EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI

[DRIVES]

What is the best configuration with these drives? I’m think SSD for programs, etc. but then what? Should I RAID0 the two 1TB?

Plextor M3 Series PX-128M3 2.5" 128GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

(x2) Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

[PSU]

I am still trying to figure out this one? Anyone have any recommendations? I have an old 750w PSU that I think may work?

[CARD READER/DVD]

Rosewill RCR-IC002 74-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader w/ USB port / Extra silver face plate

DVD-RW from old computer

[CASE]

I have a large Antec case from previous computer.


Thanks for your help!

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Correct answer ECBowen

So, if I swapped out the G. Skills memory and purchased 32 gig of this low voltage Samsung, you think I'd have a pretty stable/speedy system?


The Samsungs are definitely compatible and just may require a few tweaks. The G-Skill compatibility is completely dependant on the modules used in that batch and the systemboard compatibility updates and whether the QVL has changed because of module changes. The Samsung definitely will mean a stable system if set right. The G-Skills I can't say for sure because of the question marks.

Eric

ADK

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El_Plates
El_Plates
Participating Frequently
August 20, 2012

I wish the question of RAM for a X79 - i73930K - LGA 2011 rig were simple, and that there were more 8 stick/64GB kits available in stores.

By what I I've read in these forums, the X79's sound difficult to get running at first, because of the RAM.

The more I read, the less confident I am about building a LGA 2011 platform PC. Especially considering it will be my first ever build.

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ChrisLeeDallas
Participant
June 22, 2012

I can report that the G-Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3 PC3-17000 9-11-10-28 2133MHz in a 8x4GB setup at 1.5v 1600MHz is working with the following build:

Gigabyte X79-UD5 mobo

Intel 3930K i7 @ 4.2GHz OC

Rosewill Thor V2-White Edition (love this case)

EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3GB

2x Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 1TB in RAID 0 (onboard)

2x Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 2TB (one for exports, one for storage)

1x Samsung 830 SSD 128GB for OS & Progs

Pioneer Internal BD writer (BDR-207DBK)

Corsair AX-1200 watt Gold PSU

Noctua NH-D14

Windows 7 Pro SP1

And CS6 of course.

I did have issues when I tried to run the ram in XMP mode, which I guess it should since the 3930K doesn't work with clock speeds over 1600. So I left it alone and this machine screams. I do think I need to tweak some things as the PPBM5.5 came in at #47, and TrevorD with a very similar build is up at #6. He does have a 10K rpm drive for projects, a 4.4 OC which I think is making a huge difference. He also is running a GTX 570 instead of my 580. I wonder if that makes a difference? Either way, when I have time I am going to try to get into the top 10.

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DeePeeBee
Participating Frequently
June 27, 2012

Chris, we have pretty similar builds, mine as set up for the PPBM5 benchmark is:

Asus P9X79WS

i7-3930K

Noctua NH-D14 cooler

2 kits of 4x4 F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL GSkill Ripjaws (DDR3-1600, CL9-9-9-24)

GTX 570 HD (2.5GB GDDR5)

120GB SSD for my OS

3 x 1Tb Caviar Blacks for everything,including Pagefile

A very sparse Windows7 Pro installation

All of Harm's Windows tweaks - no anti-virus, disconnected from internet after downloads

Premiere Pro (6.0.1) and Adobe Media Encoder  (6.0.1.31) from Adobe's cloud

I ran a few PPBM5 runs with 16Gb of RAM and then put in the second set - started up without a hitch even tho the new kit was way newer and even has a different physical setup. I was even able to squeak the new sticks in underneath the Noctua cooler by taking out one of the fans temporarily.

The PPBM scores went from 44, 119, 64, 46/5 to 44, 75, 52, 4 without any overclocking.

I've been trying out various overclocking modes - nothing I can do will let me operate with a 48 multiplier, yet I am quite stable at a 4.7 OC with the RAM set to 1600 and with my CPU Vcore Voltage in Offset mode set at +0.200

That gets my scores to 37,71,44,60/4 which I am very happy with! And I am enormously grateful to Harm, Bill and all of those who take the time to answer questions in this Forum - and to those who ask the questions that many of the rest of us have as well.

My guess is that you will have to bump up your overclocking to get your times down any further on the benchmark.

My next step is to quit playing with the machine and put it to work on converting my HD DSLR footage (Canon 5DMarkII) to short videos (5min or less).

This means I will have to come to grips with deciding how to set up my operating disk system for actual use vs. benchmark testing. I'm posting that issue on a new thread.

Dorothy

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Anonymous
June 27, 2012

what are the - Harm's Windows tweaks - is there a link where i could read about?

and why no anti-virus? is it important? i could not live with out one!

Harm_Millaard
Harm_Millaard
Inspiring
June 4, 2012

Adobe Forums: Planning / building a new system. Part 1

Have no answer yet on the memory. For the rest the article linked to above should get you on the way.

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Matthews MediaAuthor
Known Participant
June 4, 2012

Thanks Harm, I've defnitely already been using that as a resource

Do you have any other off the cuff reactions to my proposed build?

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RjL190365
Legend
June 4, 2012

I'm not Harm, but keep in mind that if you're ever going to do projects with more than three or four layers of HD video or any number of layers of 4K video, the 1.25GB of RAM on that particular GTX 570 will limit you: If a particular scene runs out of VRAM on the card, the entire rendering process for that particular scene will fall back completely to software-only MPE, and Premiere will not even let you know that it will default to such a setting.

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