This is a good motherboard to fulfill the 12 cores needs. Yes, it´s LGA 1.366 but....it can deal with i7 or i7 Extreme and that means 4 or 6 cores. It has PCIe x1 that´s needed to connect the NOS1 (not all the top mb has it). Besides it manages very well the heat. ATX Form Factor.
Altghough not the fastest mb it´s fast enough and has exceptional stability, which is very important for overclocking, due to the high end transistors and capacitors.

SABERTOOTH X58
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=AM2RChl84MZrKh6J&templete=2

Another finding: THUNDERBOLT

We´ll use it some day to connect our PC to the NOS1?.

http://www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/index.htm

Just to learn something while Peter find out how to get OUR best PC

My dream computer

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I thought about the Velociraptor 10.000rpm but I wanted a silent pc as much as possible and the 10.000rpm are more noisy than the 7.200rpm. Still could be an alternative to consider. As I can see in the forum there are different opinions about where the OS and XXHigEnd should be installed  and it seems to me that nothing is still definitive. So maybe I´ll get also a Velociraptor in the next future depending on the experiences of other people.

Peter or someone else asked about the different models:

Model #        Interface     FormFactor   RPM   Capacity      Cache   

WD6000HLHX   SATA 6 Gb/s   3.5 Inch   10,000   600 GB   32 MB   
WD4500HLHX   SATA 6 Gb/s   3.5 Inch   10,000   450 GB   32 MB   
WD6000BLHX   SATA 6 Gb/s   2.5 Inch   10,000   600 GB   32 MB   
WD4500BLHX   SATA 6 Gb/s   2.5 Inch   10,000   450 GB   32 MB   
WD3000HLFS   SATA 3 Gb/s   3.5 Inch   10,000   300 GB   16 MB   
WD1500HLFS   SATA 3 Gb/s   3.5 Inch   10,000   150 GB   16 MB   
WD3000BLFS   SATA 3 Gb/s   2.5 Inch   10,000   300 GB   16 MB   
WD1500BLFS   SATA 3 Gb/s   2.5 Inch   10,000   150 GB   16 MB

An independent Graphic Card gives me more chance for future and now unknown possibilities. I have enough power with a 750w power supply and I thing there isn´t problem to cool it with the three 180mm fans inside the case.

The use of the SSD will be for different posibilities:

1- To put there the OS
2- To put there the OS and the XXHighEnd
3- To put there just the Galleries

I think quad core is better. Just now I´m finishing the configuration of my new dedicated computer to play with the Phasure NOS1 dac. I´ve tried to follow the Peter´s computer as a guide as much as possible. I´d appreciate any sudgestion before I order it next week:


-   Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bits - OEM

-   Processor:  Intel Core i7 870

-   Motherboard:  Asus P7P55D-E Deluxe

-   Memory:  PATRIOT Viper Xtreme Series - 16GB (4x4) DDR3-1600Mhz 8-9-8-24

-   CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE2

-   HHD: 2 units of Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, 1.5TB Maestro SATA - 32MB Buffer

-   SSD: Patriot SSD Inferno 120GB 2,5" SATA

-   Power S.: Corsair CMPSU-AX750 - 750W

-   Video Card:  Asus GeForce ENGT240 SILENT/DI/1GD3/A (no fan)

-   DVD LG 22X OEM SATA

-   Case: SilverStone Fortress FT02R (three 180mm fans and one 12mm fan)

Thanks Sergero and Peter, man I´m lost with this issues of PC configuration... Yes, it´s a good idea to use the wirless keyboard and mouse connected to the monitor, if Peter doesn´t say don´t do that again
Sergero do you have the monitor connected to the pc with both the USB and HDMI cables?

Could someone tell me if the Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor connection must be made with a cable or could be made wireless?. Is the wireless connection creating some kind of harmful interference?

So, there not difference between a 7.200rpm and a 10.000rpm HDD? I mean talking about improving sound.

Now that it seems that both the OS and XXHigEnd should be in a HDD in place of in a SSD for better sound, wouldn´t be a good idea to have it in the fastest possible HDD?, I´m thinking about something like a VelociRaptor. The 150Gb are now around 100€. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=20

I agree with you, although I can work out with my speakers bass knob the real issue is to find the right balance, otherwise the bass could be overwhelming, loosing the qualities of a real bass: tight, as deep as it should be and tuneful, that means balanced with the rest of the frequencies.


I´ve experienced it with the standing waves, they disappeared when playing with the XXHigEnd, it´s a weird phenomenon but the truth is that the bass become clearer and there isn´t boom at all. It could appear thinner at first but in fact is more tuneful.

Great review Mani. Thanks!!. So although your bass is tuneful you´d like more of it, in what sense? you´d want a deeper bass or a bass with more extension in the sound stage?. What´s the frequency response of your speakers?

Thanks Gerard, I appreciate your opinion. Maybe, as you say, Mani or Pedal would want also share with us their experience after around this two months.

Thanks Gerard, I read all the post about the Phasure NOS1 and I see beautiful words about it but I also see, mostly from Peter, that the sound evolves with the time. This evolution comes from the ultra detailed of the first days to the "balanced" sound after one month or so.

I´d like to know more about the experiences from the owners that have it for more than one month. How is it evolved and how do you feel now compared to the dac you had before. The judgements from the first days are very often enthusiastic, what do you think now with your ears more used to the Phasure?. Is it the sound more emotional, more analytical or both?, etc.

Two months now since the first Phasure NOS1 Dac was delivered. I´m eager to know more about how is evolving the sound. Would you please, the ones with more time with the Dac, share your experiences?.