Specs for Sibelius notation/replay program

[Krzysz]

Any comments welcome.

For those who don't know, the Sibelius program has some vast sound sample libraries for replaying large orchestral scores - hence the large amount of RAM. The SSD is to enable rapid loading of these libraries when the program starts. (That's how I understand it.) I'm not sure about the processor - over-specced? (Pretty certain Sibelius can't use multiple cores.)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-5820K (3.3GHz) 15MB Cache
Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Motherboard
ASUS® X99-A USB 3.1: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM)
64GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DDR4 2400MHz (8 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 210 - DVI, HDMI, VGA
1st Hard Disk
960GB KINGSTON V310 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA2011 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Professional DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
Microsoft® Office 365 Personal (12 Month Subscription)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
Samsung SyncMaster LS27C45KBSV/EN 27"

Thanks to all you lovely people for any input!

Chris

 

[LFFPicard]

Am I to assume you will be listening to these scores all the way through loud? If so maybe a dedicated sound card would be more to your liking?
Will you be doing anything else with the machine? a GeForce 210 is very low end, if you plan on doing anything else maybe go for a low end 7 series card or mid range AMD card.

Lastly change the CPU cooler to at least the triple heat pipe cooler will help alot.

Other than that nice setup for what you need

 

[Krzysz]

Am I to assume you will be listening to these scores all the way through loud? If so maybe a dedicated sound card would be more to your liking?
Will you be doing anything else with the machine? a GeForce 210 is very low end, if you plan on doing anything else maybe go for a low end 7 series card or mid range AMD card.

Lastly change the CPU cooler to at least the triple heat pipe cooler will help alot.

Other than that nice setup for what you need

Thanks for the comment.

I have a USB soundcard - the DacMagic 100, which I'm happy with. I should be able to use that.

I note what you say about the CPU cooler and the other stuff.

Thanks again.

 

[Spuff]

The latest version of Sibelius uses all the cores of a processor. It would be a very antiquated DAW if it didn't.
I think a Sibelius forum would give you a good idea of processor performance with Sibelius.
I would prefer to have a small drive as your system drive and get another SSD for data. The system drive is the one that is most likely to experience an issue where you have to wipe the drive. You don't want to have to re-load hundreds of gigs of data from an HDD or worse still DVD's.