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Old 04-16-2010, 03:37 PM
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Building new pc for a 003. Digi web site old info. I will be using XP for now untill 7 is stable. Protools 8.0.3. Going to run Intel Quad (I7?). 2 WD 32mbdrives. 4MB ram. Digi approved firewire. I need to know which motherboards from ASUS and GIGABYTE are soild choices. Looking for 3m/b transfer. I am going to be mixing large track numbers and using lot of plugs plus midi drum replacement. Just looking for info on a rock soild set up. Any info will be much apprecated.
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Almost any motherboard with the x58 chipset(and NO onboard graphics) should work fine. Stay at 8.0.1 with the appropriate cs updates for now. Youy might want to look at mobo's that offer triple channel mode and going with 6 gig of RAM(triple should be faster than dual channel RAM). Yes, the system will only "see" around 3.25gig, but you are future-proofed for 64 bit.
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Old 04-16-2010, 05:34 PM
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If i dont go with an I series and just go quad do i still go x58chipset.
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Can anyone here give me some more info.. I dont need to run 415 dverbs. i dont even use dverb... Just some info on some soild system( motherboard/ processor) combinations optoins would be great...
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Thx for the link been there a few times. I goin the x58 route. Was tring to save a couple bucks but seems like I7 is the way to go. Newegg time. Anyone ever buy computer stuff on ebay?
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Just beware of what DVD drive you install - I built what you are about to build about a year ago - kept getting intermittent DAE errors and other weird issues which gradually got worse and worse up to a few weeks ago when PT was unusable - anyway disconnected the NEC DVD drive, Pro Tools has been solid since.
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- anyway disconnected the NEC DVD drive, Pro Tools has been solid since.
Was it an EIDE or SATA interface?
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