http://www.adkproaudio.com/benchmarks.cfm
2nd graph down look at 32 and 64 buffer… not worth the money)
(Xeon is a waste of $)
X79
minimum 700W power supply I like Coolermaster quiet series
3930K over clocked to 4.5GHz
minimum 32gig ram (start there you can add more later) 4x8 gig sticks board has 8 slots.
any OS drive, ssd is nice to have but wont effect performance for audio
raptor 1TB for audio
1TB for whimpy samples
240+ SSD for LAS and VSL, maybe east west… most their stuff is not that bad.
SSDs Intel, Samsung or at minimum Crucial… NOTHING ELSE