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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Build a new computer for Z3/Vista 64 bit/RAMdisk
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on: November 06, 2010, 10:38:34 pm
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LOL, you think that's high? If you had 70-80 degrees, then you could worry about temperature. Intel can operate with temperatatures up to 95 degrees.
I agree to a certain point. What matters is that the PC is 100% stable when playing music. Mine is with an average temp of 45-55°C depending on season. But if I do some stress test it crashes. I accept this for the pleasure of having zero noise.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: RAMDisk
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on: November 03, 2010, 10:04:52 pm
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No, it's not limited to 4GB and you don't need 64bit OS in order to use memory above 4GB (PAE enabled)
What I meant is that only the server version can use more than 4GB, that is for my purposes it's the only version i would use, so i would have to pay 120$, which is not trivial. I'll try to A/B using the trial version. You can have two ramdisks running at once,right? this and the dataram one.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: 9-Z3
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on: November 03, 2010, 10:00:36 pm
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I'm usually slow at changing version and posting comments.
I did as hort A/B between z2 and z3 and the latter IS better, more pleasant overall. Both on the dararam ramsidk, only difference SFS at 90mb with z1 and 200 mb (11) with z3. Loading the first track takes 3-4 seconds, a bit annoying for my SO, but worth it.
On the other pc i stick with z2 because i need to use it for other stuff when listening to music and z3 make it unresponsive at any track change.
I'm updating my signature.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Build a new computer for Z3/Vista 64 bit/RAMdisk
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on: November 02, 2010, 12:05:17 am
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For those suggesting bench-type cases, all depends where you keep the PC. The EMI And RFI generated by the pc are shielded by aluminium* and other metals. An open case has only one way where the radiations can go, while with a completely open one, they can go anywhere (*mu-metal is the best, aluminium is the de facto standard and other cheeper metals shield less but still shield!)
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Build a new computer for Z3/Vista 64 bit/RAMdisk
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on: November 01, 2010, 11:57:16 pm
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Peter, all my respect, but seriously are you DEАF? or are you really try to build HIGHEND player with Engine modes, SFS files, Buffers sizes, arc, invert and etc, etc and you really can't hear your power supplies fan? No, he has a huge room and the computer is not audible at 5m from where is the listening position. In my case I hear anything and I needed a fanless pc.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Build a new computer for Z3/Vista 64 bit/RAMdisk
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on: November 01, 2010, 11:53:49 pm
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True and wrong Ramdisk can use memory above 4GB in 32bit OS, leaving all system memory for Windows. So, assuming you have 8GB of RAM installed, your OS utilise 4GB and 4GB goes to ramdisk. I'll check this myself tomorrow and let you know how it works. I suspect it could be even in terms of SQ, because ramdisk won't interfere with system memory. Only if the 32bit OS has PAE, which Vista hasnt, but 2003 server has. I think that in case of normal vista and the software ramdisks that we are using it wont work. Although I used 2003 server (which is basically vista kernel), I would not recommend it nowadays. It's too outdated and the drivers are a pita to find.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Build a new computer for Z3/Vista 64 bit/RAMdisk
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on: October 30, 2010, 03:08:33 pm
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1) 8 vs 16 GB RAM
16GB. 12 at least in case of triple channel.
2) dual channel DDR3/onboard graphic vs triple channel DDR3/graphic card/extra fan
Fans are noisy. RAM speed matters for the ramdisk though, so go for the fastest ram having at least 12GB (so you can make a 10gb ramdisk). There are (few) mainboards with onboard graphics with hdmi port (like mine but its for older generation cpus)
3) 4core intel/AMD vs 6 core AMD, any issue with power scheme in XXHighend?
Intel. 6 or 8 cores would be really nice for a fast music machine.
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