suggestions for new motherboard and chip.

divonic · Post by **divonic** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:52 pm

I've been doing some research and wow there are a lot of options.

I am interested in a mother board with-out PCIe and with an AGP slot. (I've heard bad things about PCIe hogging resources for the graphics card and effecting audio cards with mulitipule outs.)

I want SATA connectors for the hard drives.

I want it to support a chip that is above 3.0 Ghz (I don't know what the equivilent is in AMD)

So anyone have any suggestions? I'm abit out of date with all this stuff as I built my last computer in the summer of 2003. It's getting a little long in the tooth for DAW stuff.

The Revrend · Post by **The Revrend** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:49 pm

what is your budget for the parts?

That will make a huge diffrence.

Rev

Parisongs · Post by **Parisongs** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:23 am

I'm in the same exact boat as divonic. Lets keep this thread going with various configs and prices. Thanks in advance.

The Revrend · Post by **The Revrend** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:16 am

then let me know your budget and what you want to do with the rig and I'll recomend my "future proof"* solution what is listen in my sig was built for under $2000 and is a music as well as gaming rig. . .

*Not really but as close as possible based on current technology and what I know about what's coming down the pipe. . .

divonic · Post by **divonic** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:35 pm

I want to spend less that $2000 hopefully around $1000. that isn't including the sound card or case (already purchased) if I spend less than $500 on the chip and motherboard I'd be happy

divonic · Post by **divonic** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:44 pm

The Revrend wrote:then let me know your budget and what you want to do with the rig and I'll recomend my "future proof"* solution what is listen in my sig was built for under $2000 and is a music as well as gaming rig. . .

*Not really but as close as possible based on current technology and what I know about what's coming down the pipe. . .

Oh yeah definitally NOT a gaming rig if fact I want the least powerful video card that I can get with Daul outs. this is a Audio work station only. The 2.4 Ghz P4 It will reaplace will do everything else. I'll be running Ableton and a few VSTs Including EMU Protus x.

The Revrend · Post by **The Revrend** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:12 pm

K... this is what I came up with in a short trip to my favorite hardware website. . . it falls well under your req cap of 1000.

(Basic Motherboard w/built in firewire non SLI, lots of features)
BIOSTAR TForce4U Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard- Retail
Model #: TForce4U
Item #: N82E16813138270

In Stock
$89.99

(low end modern video card with Dual DVI POut Can be used with DSUB adapter to run dual analog monitors)
XFX PVT73EUDJ3 Geforce 7300GT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #: PVT73EUDJ3
Item #: N82E16814150162

In Stock
$85.99

(I hav this processor, I highly recomend it, even with ableton + fruity + VST's + Effects I've never manged to put more than a 20-25% load on my CPU - The 1MB Cache help A LOT)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4400CDBOX - Retail
Model #: ADA4400CDBOX
Item #: N82E16819103546
** This item is warranted through the product manufacturer only.
In Stock
$461.99

(Gaming Class Ram, but worth the price, very very fast, transfers data and samples around quite nicely)
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX2048-3200 - Retail
Model #: TWINX2048-3200
Item #: N82E16820145486

In Stock
Mail-in Rebate
$174.99

Grand total without anny possible rebates or combo's $812.96