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Article: CAPS Twenty | Part One


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7 minutes ago, 57gold said:

So the CAPS Twenty is in the works with the new i9-10900K?  

 

More than likely NOT. The amount of power needed for that CPU is in the range of ~70 watts idle and ~275 watts at full bore use. It cannot be passively cooled either.

 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/intels-new-i9-10900k-fast-yes-competitive-not-so-much/#:~:text=The%20good%20news%20is%2C%20although,145W%E2%80%94it's%20still%20no%20Threadripper.

 

I would be looking at the little Ryzen all in one boards, like the UDOO Bolt - https://www.udoo.org/udoo-bolt/

 

Low power and has plenty of horsepower.

 

 

Current:  Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM

DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC 

Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590

Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier

Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers

Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects

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9 minutes ago, barrows said:

Go back in the comments a bit, and you will see the picture Chris posted of the 10th Generation Intel processors Chris has for the build.

Chris has stated that his intent is to build a powerful server to take full advantage of HQPlayer 4 processing, that basically requires an active cooling system to work well with the EC modulators.  There is no problem using an active cooling system when the two machines are going to be connected over the Network and the Twenty can be located far from the audio system in another part of the home. 

 

I would still use a Ryzen over Intel, because except for gaming and single-threaded use, Ryzen's are better and use less power. My main desktop at home is a Ryzen 5 2600 which runs with simple cooling, at 35C even under stress. It is  mt video card that is the temperature monster. 

Current:  Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM

DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC 

Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590

Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier

Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers

Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects

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18 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

On paper Ryzen is great but not in reality for stuff like HQPlayer. 

 

Have you tried? I actually tried a R5-2600 to a i5-10500, at work, for some 3D modeling from some mass spec data (OK Science GEEK here :D ). The Ryzen was a tad faster (same amount of memory and speed as well as HD space). For computations, unless it is specifically designed for an Intel CPU, either would work.

 

Also the security issues with Intel processors, that gives me a huge pause. Most computers at work are Intel CPU's. 

Current:  Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM

DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC 

Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590

Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier

Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers

Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects

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I am really interested to read about this - just asking questions is all...

 

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Current:  Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM

DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC 

Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590

Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier

Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers

Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects

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