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I've been using a gigabyte ds-3 with ep35 chipset (old now) with an e6600 chip (2.4 G core 2 duo) ... and 2 Gb of Ram .. I've been running 64bit (I use mostly hardware FX, soundcraft analog mixer and synths so need for VST's... the LADSPA eq's and occasionally FX do what I need)... recording in 8 channels with 16 playback with no plugins active uses around 10% CPU and no xruns...... at 48 k ... with jackd running with p64 and n3 options... <BR>
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one fault occured with the Gigabyte the network port died, but I believe that was due to dodgy power in the house i was renting....<BR>
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cheers<BR>
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Allan<BR>
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<B>On Tue Dec 9 8:39 , "Justin M. Streiner" <STREINER@CLUEBYFOUR.ORG>sent:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #f5f5f5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">I'm planning to build a new machine to do my audio work early next year. <BR>
To start off, it will mainly be to mix and master audio that is tracked on <BR>
other devices, but eventually I plan do do more tracking directly in <BR>
Ardour. The plan is to be able to record at least 24 tracks <BR>
simultaneously, with the option of expanding in the future, if needed.<BR>
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That said, does anyone have any recommendations as far as motherboards, <BR>
etc? In other words have any of you been using hardware that has <BR>
performed well and been reliable? I've been using Asus mobos for the past <BR>
4-5 years and been very happy with them. I'm also not against making the <BR>
switch to AMD CPUs if needed.<BR>
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Beyond that I'm planning to have two hardware SATA-300 RAID sets in the <BR>
box - a mirrored set for the system drive and a striped/mirrored set for <BR>
for the audio data. I do plan to get a mobo that can handle > 4 GB of <BR>
RAM, but I don't think I'll put more than 4 into the box until it makes <BR>
more sense to make the jump to 64-bit...<BR>
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jms<BR>
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