Which motherboard/processor for pci cards?
 

My G5 just died, and apple can't fix it as it is "vintage", and they no longer fix them. I have the PCI HD cards, so I can't use, nor do I want to buy, a new mac. So PC it is.

After searching the (very) old recommendations in the sticky, I am still not sure what is successfully being used with PTHD 8 in 2010 with the PCI cards. I feel more comfortable building from scratch than buying a pre-built PC, I just need to know what parts work together best.

Could someone help by listing their (still available) motherboard/CPU combo that they know works with a PCI HD3 and Pro Tools HD8? Thanks for the help, I'm bedazzled by the sheer number of motherboards out there.

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Also, is there a digidesign-approved PC systems/components list? I used to be able to find one here. Any help is much appreciated, I am under pressure and shuffling sessions around as I type this.

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Hi Sean, as far as I know there's not a list of approved components, although there is a list of approved computers somewhere. Most of the computers on the list are a little old, but still working great for some users.

Here's a link to a recent build from Intel Doc. It's down the page a little.
http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread.php?t=274137

My computer build is in my profile. It's not proven with HD3, but works great with my HD2/i7.

About 3 or 4 pages back in this forum, there's some threads with pretty recent builds and there descriptions. I don't really keep up with the various components people are using until I'm ready to do a fresh build myself.

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Is anyone using this for HD3 PCI?
GIGABYTE GA-P35-S3G

It has 5 PCI slots, and can use a core 2 quad processor.

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Here's another one I've found. 3 PCI slots. i7 CPU support.
Asus P7P55D LE

Any thoughts on these 2 motherboards? Successes?

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i've been using this for a couple of years.had some teething probs in the beginning but, turned out great for my hd 4 and at times 5 system.bad news.......... they dont make it any more. maybe find one on ebay.

new build is using a p55 ud3L

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That one is hard to find, also. I was hoping someone has a modern, available system recommendation, as I need to get a motherboard/CPU right now, my mac has died and I have sessions piling up. Any recent builds? i7? All three of the boards listed above are difficult to find or discontinued. Scrolling through the motherboards on newegg is daunting.

I really don't want to go to ebay for a used board, I'd like to buy new. Thanks for the suggestions, any others? I will buy and set up 2 identical systems, so I want to get a new one that is known to work with PTHD 8 PCI.

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Wow. I really didn't expect it to be so quiet around here. Bump...

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Hello,
I recently had to replace my motherboard and upon the excellent advice of a few helpful people - I used the following:

Mobo:
http://www.frys.com/product/6030448?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG


CPU:
http://www.frys.com/product/5981624?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Memory:
http://www.frys.com/product/6009088?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG


I'm running a PCI HD2 and a digi192. It has been super solid for tracking 16 tracks of drums at once and using VI's.

I hope this helps,

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