Working Setups: Athlon 64 X2 based

[Akis]

AMD X2 4400
ASUS 8V Deluxe
2GB Corsair RAM
Antec P180 case, 550W TrueControl P/S
Zalman CU7000 cooler
2 Maxtor 150 300GB SATA 150 drives
2 Maxtor 200GB EIDE 133 drives
Matrox P750 Triple Head
2 UAD-1s running 4.0 software
1 Powercore Element running 1.95 software
RME-HD9652
Presonus Digimax

Cubase SX 3.1
Samplitude 8.1
Wavelab 4.1

Windows XP SP2

 

[Akis]

ed_mcg

Sonar 5 PE running on:

Asus A8V-Deluxe w/ AMD 64 4400+ X2
2x WD2500 IDE (one system, the other record)
WD3200 320GB sATA (sample libraries)
WD2500 250 sATA (online backup)
4x Corsair 512M DDR400
Matrox P650 AGP8x driving dual head
2x UAD-1 in slots 2 and 4 w/ v4.0 code

I was getting error 21's at one point, but that's cleared up since I got rid of the Java JRE agent.

 

[Akis]

LEX

AMD 4200X2@2600 Zalman 7700Cu
Asus A8V Deluxe (Bios 1014)
3 gigs Corsair Matched pairs
2x RME 9652 HDSP (2.94(2)) slots 2 and 4, UAD slot 3 (V4)
Matrox G750 (2xSamsung 19\" (analog)), 1 NTSC TV
SATA, FW, LAN enabled. Only 2 USB ports enabled.
Antec TruePower II 550W
IDE Boot/backups/samples(160)
SATA(320) samples
Via 7Port USB Hub:
Motu Timepiece AV and XT.
Kensington USB trackball/keyboard
M-Audio Trigger Finger.
X-keys
Nuendo 3 Dongle
USB Port 2 (Direct):
M-Audio Keystation Pro 88

Mackie MCU

RME's clocked to external Wordclock

 

[Akis]

Celsius

Asus A8V Dlx(Bios 10.17)
AMD X2 4400+
2x512MB Corsair PC3200 RAM
Matrox P650
RME Fireface800(Onboard VIA controller)
2 UAD-1 Cards
E-mu0404(ProteusX)
2 IDE Drives
2 SATA Drives
Ext USB CDRW
Windows XP SP2, Nuendo 2.

No particular tweaks except disabling unused hardware resources in the BIOS.(Ever so slight OC'ing)
FX Teleport over Gb lan with 2 headless servers(Athlon 2400+ & 3500+)
Remote desktop over wifi to Laptop for access to the servers.
The whole setup is now rock-solid and runs day in-day out with shitloads of plugs and VSTis over LAN at 256 sample latency.
Havent had any issues since dropping Autotune(F**king DirectX. It's trouble I tellya)

 

[Akis]

Guitarplayer

AMD 64x2 3800
Gigabyte GA-K8U-939 bios rev F5
Matrox Millenium G450 AGP dual head video card
1g PNY DDR 400 DRAM
WD 80gig IDE system drive
RME HDSP 9652
1 UAD card
Nuendo 3.2
Sonar 5.01
Pro Tools 6.9LE - M Box

 

[Akis]

winnie_pooh

/*/ A8V Deluxe Rev. 2 BIOS 1017
/*/ Athlon64 X2 4800 no OC
/*/ 4x1GB OCZ4001024ELDCPE 200MHz CL2.5-3-2-5
/*/ 2x Samsung Spinpoint SP251 250GB PATA1 & PATA2
/*/ 1x WD Raptor 740GD SATA1
/*/ 1x Maxtor Diamondline III 300GB 7B300S0 SATA2
/*/ Matrox P750 with xp2k_110_01_114_se_u Latency 32 IRQ 16 shared with FW1394
/*/ UAD-1 V4.1 PCI_1 Latency 64 IRQ 16 shared with FW1394
/*/ UAD-1 V4.1 PCI_2 Latency 64 IRQ 17 shared with Marvell GB Lan
/*/ UAD-1 V4.1 PCI_3 Latency 64 IRQ 18 shared with Promise IDE/SATA/RAID deactivated
/*/ RME HDSP Digiface 2.943 PCI_4 Latency 255 IRQ 19 not shared
/*/ UAD-1 V4.1 PCI_5 Latency 64 IRQ 16 shared with FW1394
/*/ WinXP Pro SP2 latest patches
/*/ Sonar 5.0.1 PE

This setup works up to 97% UAD CPU load without any pops and crackles i.e. 28 1176LN 7 PPI’s per UAD-1 @44.1kHz 256/512/1024 latency.

Looping within Sonar requires a UAD-1 CPU load below 90% @44.1kHz 1024 latency to work reliable otherwise host CPU spikes up to 100% with dropout.

The switches /3GB and Userva=2900 in boot.ini seem to make no obvious difference but I’m not 100% sure how to find out.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Universal Audio\\Powered Plugins\\UAD HypTopo\\DMATurbo=1. Setting this one to 0 causes crackles and CPU spikes during looping.

During installation of WinXP SP2 it was required to press F5 when pressing F6 is possible to choose the right HAL (halmacpi.dll) for ACPI Multiprocessor PC. Otherwise WinXP has not recognised the dual core CPU with its two cores. Only one core showed up in device manager after installation! (See MS KB299340)

Using latest AMD processor drivers 1.2.2 from AMD seems to be mandatory for correct recognition and function of CPU independent from the fact if cool and quiet is used or not. During DAW use CPU power scheme should be set to continuous operation to avoid problems from lowering voltage and frequency.

Most important thing is MS Hotfix 896256 for multiple processors! Without this patch WinXP SP2 will not use core 0 and core 1 in a load balanced way. Core 1 got the higher CPU load without having the patch installed and dropouts occurred. (See MS KB896256)

 

[Akis]

Steve Oxford

* Case Antec - Sonata II \"Lifestyle Series\" ATX midtower. 450W V2 \"True Power\" Power Supply. Case lined with Quiet Foam
* Motherboard - Asus A8V with firewire card:939pin DDR400/Sata/1394/Glan/8 channel audio
* Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 2.2G 2 x 1meg Cache 939 Pin
* 3 port PCI Firewire Card
* Cooling Zalman - CNPS7000-AlCu 20DB Pentium 4/AMD Heatink Fan,
* Cooling 2 Pabst - 2) Pabst 80MM 8412NGL 10DB
* Memory Samsung - 2Gig DDR PC-3200 CL 2.5 (DDR400)
* Western Digital WD800JB 80GB ATA100 7200RPM 8MB BUFFER - System Files
* Western Digital - 250G SATA 150 16meg Cache - Audio Files
* Western Digital - 250G SATA 150 16meg Cache - Samples
* 80G External Firewire HD - Audio Backups.
* Matrox - MATROX MILLENNIUM P750 Video Card
* PIONEER - DVR110B: Dual Layer CD-R 40X, CD-RW 32X, DVD+/-R 16X, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6X,
* Presonus Firepod
* WINDOWS XP Professional
* 3X UAD-1's Ultra + PMB
* Korg Kontrol49

* Cubase SX3, Melodyne Studio 3, Sound Forge 8, CD Architect 5, Sampletank 2, Fruity Loops 6 XXL, B4, Orchestrol HQ, FM7, Legacy Collection

 

[Akis]

nico

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (Boxed, OPGA, \"Toledo\")
Asus A8V-E SE Mainboard
Asus Extreme GeForce 7800 GTX, 256 MB
2 GByte RAM TakeMS DDR PC3200 CL3
2 x 250 GByte Samsung SP2504C SpinPoint P120 - not in RAID
NEC ND-4551A DVD Burner
be quiet! Dark Power P6 600 W Power supplier
Chieftec Mesh Series Big Tower
2 x Papst 412 Cooler
2 x 20\" TFT Samsung Syncmaster 204B
1 x UAD-1

Software:
Windows XP Prof. SP2
Cubase SX 3, Fruity Loops 5, a few VST plugins
UAD 4.2

 

[Akis]

A1ex

Hardware:
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum MS-7025 (1C Beta Bios)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual 3800
2 GB RAM (2 x 1 Gig Crucial PC4000)
RME HDSP 9632 v2.94
1 x UAD-1 v4.2
2 x Seagate 400G SATA
Steinberg Midex 8 v1.93
Via VT6306 firewire chip on motherboard
1 x Powercore FW
XFX GeForce 6800 AGP Dual DVI 128mb (rev 02 XFX firmware)
2 x Samsung 213T LCD

Drivers:
Graphics: Forceware v84.12 Eng (unreleased)
Chipset: nforce v5.11 whql
AMD X2 windows drivers v1.2.2

Software:
XP Pro SP1 (Also tested and working on SP2)
Nuendo 3.2
Powercore Firewire v2.0
FX teleport for additional VSTi's (i.e. orchestral strings)

Config Note:
UAD-1 DSP driver requires \"IntFiltr\" tool (from windows resource kit) to change driver processor affinity (so the driver's interrupts are only processed by 1 core) to stop bad pops/crackling. Details here. TurboDMA is enabled (disabling it causes occasional pops).

 

[Akis]

DarinBad

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8U-939
CPU: AMD X2 4400+ Dual core
RAM: Corsair Value Select 2GB 3200 DDR
Video: Matrox P650 running digital dual-head
IDE for System drive
SATA for Sample
SATA for Audio recording
2 x Aardvark Q10s
2 x UAD-1
Cubase SX 3.1
Halion 3.2
Amplitube 2
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System running very smooth but have had trouble with recognition of (2x)Syncrosoft dongles. Unplug/Plug usaually works. Going to get a powered USB hub.

 

[Akis]

iNNeRNoiZe

Working flawlessly, outstanding Performance:

AMD X2 3800+
ASRock 939 DUAL SATA 2 / BIOS 1.05
2 X 512 MB Infinion - Dual Channel
Matrox G550
1 UAD-1 - latest Software
ESI Juli@
Enermax Silent 400

Cubase SX3

Win-XP Pro SP2 (otimized for Audio)

All CPU Patches (AMD / MS Dual Core Hot-Fix).

 

[Akis]

kamalski

AMD X2 4400
ASUS 8V Deluxe
2GB Corsair RAM
Scythe Ninja cooler
Seagate Barracuda 400Gb SATA
Seagate Barracuda 300Gb SATA
Seagate Barracuda 300Gb IDE
Matrox G450 dual head
UAD-1 running 4.2 software
1 Powercore PCI 2.00 software
RME-HFireface

Nuendo 3.2
Wavelab 5

Windows XP SP2

 

[Akis]

Akis

AMD Athlon X2 4400 (w/AMD driver)
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (BIOS 1.B)
4x1GB PC3200 Kingston ValueRam
GeForce FX5200 128MB (latest BIOS, latest drivers)
WD 120GB JB IDE (System)
WD 200GB JB IDE (Audio)
WD 200GB JB IDE (Samples)
LaCie 250GB USB 2.0 Ext. HD (Backup and WMP library)
RME Multiface (v.3b20) (Slot 4)
Syncrosoft dongle (LCC v.5.2.0.0)
iLok
Behringer BCF2000
Behringer BCR2000
Enermax 465W PSU

Avid 7-Slot PCI Expansion Chassis (host card on slot 2) with:
- 4xUAD-1 (v.4.5) (slots 1,3,5,7)
- 3xPowercore PCI mkII (v.2.2) (slots 2,4,6)

WinXP Pro SP2 w/hotfixes:

896256
319740
888111

Nuendo 3.2.1
WaveLab 5.0.1b
Celemony Melodyne Studio v.3.x

 

[Akis]

hulahup

- ASUS A8V latest bios/drivers (Hyperion 4in1)
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
- Cooler: Zalman 7000
- Antec SONATA 2 Box (added one more 120mm fan inside)
- 4Go RAM CORSAIR (2 x twin)
- Matrox P750
- 3 screens (2 flat, one analog for video function)
- MOTU PCI 2408 MK3 FW
- ADAPTEC SCSI Controler 29320LP
- 2xUAD-1 v4.2 (All plugs)
- HD System + software + plugins: IDE Maxtor 80Go
- HDs Audio: SATA Raptor 150Go + SCSI 36Go
- HD Video: SCSI 74 Go
- HD Sounds Library (samples/sfx): SATA Maxtor 300Go
- Nuendo 3.2 last update
- XP Pro SP2 & all updates

Note: i updated everything i could find to update.

Ir runs smoothly 95% of the time. Sometimes crackles will appear and i'll need to reboot. Then everything will be fine again.

 

[Akis]

Il Padrino

After problems with the NForce 3 chipset in my Gigabyte boards, I moved to a cheaper, smaller, yet totally reliable board, which lets me use my Aardvark Q10 also due to its chipset: the ULi M1689:

AMD Athlon X2 4200
Asrock 939A8X-M
Aria 2x1GB DDR PC3200 (matched)
Matrox G550 (dual DVI set up)
1xUAD - 4.2
Aardvark Q10
Antec Sonata case /quiet Tru 380w PSU

Cubase SL 3.1
WinXP Pro SP1

 

[Akis]

bobdan666

AMD X2 4200+
Asus A8V Deluxe K8T800
Corsair 2Gb
GeForce FX5200
3 UAD
RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632
Antec Phantom500
Zalman Resorator Watercooling

Cubas SX3

My computer is dead silent!!!! Very Happy
Just one fan in the Antec, but it only starts if the powersupply
gets to hot. I haven't heard it yet.

 

[Akis]

gazbo

AMD 64 X2 4200+ (socket AM2)
Asus M2V (K8T890, AMI 0302 BIOS)
2x1Gb Corsair value matched DDR2 PC5400 (677)
Radeon X300 PCIe
UAD-1
E-MU 1820m
2x250Gb SATA (RAID 0)

Win XP Pro
Cubase SX3

Only issue with the system so far is I can't install updated drivers for the 1820m - but the v1 drivers from the CD work fine. Hopefully their support can figure this one out.

 

[lukethemore]

I used 2X UAD-1 and, now, a UAD-2 Solo WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM on


AMD Athlon X2 5600+
Asus M2N-X
2x1GB DDR PC3200 (by OCZ)
NVidia 9500 GT 256 Mb (dual DVI display connected)
RME 9632
UAD-2 Solo - v.5.5


Cubase 5.1
WinXP Pro SP3