For what it's worth, I have that motherboard and chip combo with gentoo ( not the 64 version right now though ) and it's worked out well for me. I used the gentoo 2.6.8-mm sources. Iain matt(a)tinysongs.com wrote: > Ok, I am building a machine from scratch to mix and record live music > with > Ardour. Please look at my specs and offer any feedback. > > Motherboard: > > Asus K8N > > http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8n/overview.htm > > Processor: > > AMD Athlon 64 (I haven’t decided on the speed, though price will play > a factor > here. Probably the 3400.) > > Ram: > > 2 – 1GB DDR400 PC3200 ram cards. > > Hard Drive: > > I am looking at 2 80GB 7200 RPM ATA drives to use in a RAID > configuration, which > is apparently supported on the board. Any comments on this are > welcomed! > > CD Burner > I have a TEAC CD burner that I am planning on using. It’s fast. > > I’ll use a 2 space rack case with a PCI and AGP riser cards. I’ll > probably just > get a cheap-o AGP video card if no one thinks it matters. > > Audio I/O will be accomplished with the ST Audio DSP3000 with an > additional > ADC&DAC3000 for a total of 16 channels of full duplex 24/96 I/O. > I’ll may add > a 3rd ADC&DAC3000 unit at some point. > > Kernel: > > I am thinking of using eh CCRMA FC3 i86_64 kernel if we think that’s > workable. I have heard grumblings about AMD 64 and CCRMA. If it’s > bad, I’ll use Gentoo. Any help here would be great. > > Transportation: > > 6 or 8 space PA rack with shock mounts. > > Control Surface: > > This is an unanswered question as of now. > > Video: > > I am thinking of getting a rack video/keyboard deal like from a > server room but > they seem really expensive. Any comments? > > Thanks in advance for any feedback. > > > Matt > > >

If you're looking for a low priced socket 754 CPU, check out the 754 Semprons. In the K8N they will overclock to rock-solid performance