Music production and gaming PC

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I had an earlier thread but people seemed to ignore it was also meant to be a music production PC. Having said that I think I have an awesome selection of components thanks to all the help in the other post. I was focusing on keeping this as quiet as possible within reason, and also performance and reliability. So without further adue here she is http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/L4Cq

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

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I'd go air cooling. It's quiter since you don't have to worry about pump noise, not to mention better cooling performance per dollar.

Something like the Zalman CNPS14X

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/zalman-cpu-cooler-zmcnps14x

or, if you're going to doing some serious overclocking, the NZXT Havik 140

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-cpu-cooler-havik140

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What music production software you running? Cubase? Pro Tools?

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here you go

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/L5gC

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I'd swap the ram for mushkins with a CAS of 8, 1600mhz less cas is more important that freq. I'd also switch out the h60 for the newer version of the h60, it comes with improvements, a better fan, and it's cheaper atm.

Looks all good to me after that

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Thanks guys, gives me a lot to think about. That Asus mobo looks sick, and I didn't realize that I chose an older version CPU cooler plus the ones suggested are quieter. And RAM with lower cas makes total sense. Here is the updated build.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/L7JI