building a new daw. hardware opinions welcome.

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:06 pm

core 2 quad q6600 kentsfield 2.4ghz
intel blkdp35dpm (p35) motherboard (is this a good chipset?)
kingston hyperx (2 x 1gig) ddr2 pc 6400
seagate st3400320as 400gb 7200 sata (32meg cache)
22" lcd, case, power supply, etc... just under a grand.

St August · Post by **St August** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:20 pm

sounds like a winner to me

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:37 pm

thanks bud, form what i'm reading, the p35 chipset is probably ok

St August · Post by **St August** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:50 pm

I was told the same thing , althou I am partial to ASUS

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:00 pm

Check here, as well:

http://forum.dawbench.com/

and the computer section at Nuendo:

http://www.nuendo.com/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=7

Most people have good luck with Asus or Intel boards.

george

NitroLiq · Post by **NitroLiq** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:08 pm

When I built my box I had a smoking ASUS P4PE mobo that rocked for about a year, then went south. Ended up replacing with an Intel and it's been rock solid. Whenever I'm building, this site is one of my favs for info:

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/

Tomshardware, directron, and newegg are helpful as well.

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:42 pm

yeah, i've had several asus boards that seemed noticeably better than others, but i keep hearing things about possible qc issues on newer ones. who knows... i'm upgrading from a asus p4c800. thanks as always guys.