Installation of the OS and software was painless, and here's a picture of my workstation showing Propellerhead Record/Reason running seamlessly as one app. The cable management system behind the drive bays works really well, and the modular cabling of the PSU helps cut down on clutter, but even so there's a lot of cables to route. Note that the SSD was only mounted like that with Gaffer tape temporarily - it's now mounted with double-sided sticky tape. It's not as pretty a wiring job as some of the beautiful systems on SPCR, but it actually is pretty much unobstructed airflow in front of the drive bay and front fan - I've tidied up a little since this photo was taken. Then fit the assembled motherboard and the graphics card and wire it all up:
#Mutools mulab 7 review install#
Then: install CPU, RAM and heatsink on the motherboard: not quite so easy! Had a few problems getting the heatsink mounted solidly to the motherboard, but after a bit of trial and error it was all good. Then DVD drive: bugger! How did I not notice that the drive I bought was an IDE, not an eSATA!? Fortunately Peter had a spare streamlined IDE conector, so at least it hasn't compromised the airflow too much. We compromised by moving it back so the door would open, but this meant that we couldn't fit the drive bay bezel, or you can't get to the controller knobs easily. If it's all the way forward you can't open the case door. First problem - it doesn't fit properly in the 3.5" bay.
#Mutools mulab 7 review mod#
Thanks, Pete!įirst up - mod the case by cutting out the fans grills:Ī little rough, but it does the job - gotta love Dremels!
#Mutools mulab 7 review 64 Bit#
B CPU fan:: Scythe Kama DFS122512L-PWM (idles around 550RPM, and doesn't ramp up under normal load) RAM: 4GB Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A (1333 9-9-9-24) Graphics card: Gigabyte 9800GT Silent Cell (I do a little gaming as well, so that's why I've got this card) System drive: Intel X-25M G2 80GB SSD Storage drive: Samsung F3 1TB HD103SJ 7200RPM DVD drive: Liteon iHAS-324-32Y (a mistake - see below) Monitors: 2 X LG Flatron W2442PA OS: Windows7 64 bit Professional Music software: Propellerhead Reason and Record, rewired to Mutools Mulab.īecause I've never built a computer before my brother Peter very kindly offered to do the actual build, and it went pretty smoothly, with one or two mild exceptions.
Well, I finally got around to building my new DAW! Many, many thanks to everybody here on the forum for all their helpful advice, and especially to Mike Chin and the SPCR team - I couldn't have done it without you all.Ĭase: Antec Solo Case fans: Nexus D12SL-12 (rear 390RPM) Noctua NF-B9 92mm (front 540RPM) Fan Controller: Scythe Kaze Master 3.5" PSU: Seasonic X-650 (the fan never comes on in normal use) Motherboard: Gigabyte P55A-UD4P CPU: Intel i7 860 (stock clocked) CPU Heatsink: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.
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