29 Jan
2009
29 Jan
'09
1:08 a.m.
Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
On 29 January 2009 at 1:47, "R.Wolff"
<musicwolf(a)web.de> wrote:
;-) But seriously, I'd go with Tyan or ASUS for your motherboard.
I surely can't afford a Tyan board. he cheapest one I can find here in germany
cost about 3x as much as the ASRock. And I already mentioned that my budget is
extremely tight.
Do your homework when choosing the RAM. It's got
to be good in
the motherboard you're using, and memory errors are terrible to
diagnose, if you have them.
Yeah, I know this from hard learned lesson. But I thought that OCZ is a good
memory brand?
Since you said DAW, I'd add "quiet"
to your list of power supply features of utmost importance.
The quit factor is too important to me, the PC is well hidden and not disturbing
me that much. ;)
Besides DAW, you mentioned that
you need excellent graphics. Are you going to produce video, or
maybe you're trying to build a machine for gaming too?
That's a misunderstanding, maybe I'm not expressing myself very well.
What I meant was, does this iGPU (ATI HD3300) work well under linux? What I need
most is solid 2D performance over two monitors.
You'll
need to choose your audio interface for the DAW, and that might
impact your choice of motherboards, which will ripple through all
of your other choices.
Well, I'll use my Delta 1010LT from the old box, which is rock salad under linux :D
G'luck...
--
Kevin
Thanks,
Raphael
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