Recent content by 7string

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    Streacom DB4 Music DAW and CAD Machine

    TinyAudio, thanks for the good advice. Sorry for the late reply. I went with an i5 8600K. I found Intel's XTU and dropped it to .045V offset so far. I have all the parts and will be putting it in the case this weekend. Got distracted building my wife a mATX Ryzen and revamping my old 6700K...
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    Hello From California

    Thanks. El01, just multi track recording and mixing for myself. No clients.
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    Streacom DB4 Music DAW and CAD Machine

    Thanks Calvin. Good points. I should go i7-8700 then. With the non K version I will still have some cooling headroom. My experience with the VST plugins has been that my old junker Q9550 could handle everything I threw at it. I figured I'd be even better off with modern parts. I use Superior...
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    Streacom DB4 Music DAW and CAD Machine

    Hello. 1st post in this super cool forum. I have some questions regarding a fanless Streacom DB4 build. I don't game but I will use it for music production and CAD. Primary use will be recording guitar while sitting in close proximity to the case, so I'm hoping the fanless approach will help...
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    Hello From California

    What's happening! Glad to find this forum. I'm getting ready to build a new music DAW / CAD machine. I really appreciate all the ideas on this forum and hope to contribute a few ideas of my own.