Re: [LAU] PCI1 and new motherboards - a tip

In looking for HW, I first chose my cpu. (i5 with 4 cores and no hyperthreads) Then I looked at the whole line of mother boards that supported the cpu socket. While there were lots of MB with 1 or two PCI slots, I looked for maximum and got three because I wanted to avoid whichever slot uses irq 16 and I have two audio cards. I looked for something that still has ps2 kb/mouse ports because I have USB audio I try out sometimes and the mouse can cause trouble (I think there are ways around this though and I might not be so picky next time). I also wanted at least two monitor outputs, but this is easy as many MB have three at least. Monitors are cheap ($90 at walmart) and double monitors for audio just seems the way to go. I would add, lots of USB ports, but all the MB have more than I need.