Re: PCI1 and new motherboards - a tip

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On Sun, 24 May 2015, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

On 24 May 2015 at 6:28, Len Ovens <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In looking for HW, I first chose my cpu. (i5 with 4 cores and no
hyperthreads) Then I looked at the whole line of mother boards that
supported the cpu socket. While there were lots of MB with 1 or two PCI
slots, I looked for maximum and got three because I wanted to avoid
whichever slot uses irq 16 and I have two audio cards. I looked for
something that still has ps2 kb/mouse ports because I have USB audio I try
out sometimes and the mouse can cause trouble (I think there are ways
around this though and I might not be so picky next time). I also wanted
at least two monitor outputs, but this is easy as many MB have three at
least. Monitors are cheap ($90 at walmart) and double monitors for audio
just seems the way to go. I would add, lots of USB ports, but all the MB
have more than I need.

Did you buy one of those motherboards to which you refer?  If so,
what make/model and how well is it working?

ASUS Z87-K
CPU i5-4570
- there are some i5 that are only 2 cores with hyperthreading... basically they seem to me to be an i3 with i5 printed on them. It is not enough to just get an i5.

I can run my delta66 in Jack at 16/2 with no xruns provided cron is turned off... no software updates. I don't know how much (sw) I can run like that, but I use that setup for guitar through effects (guitarix) and back out. For Ardour I use 64/2 but have not pushed it to see what I can get away with (tracks/effects/synths). I use UbuntuStudio with the Low Latency kernel. (14.04 LTS right now, but I keep the SW I use a lot up to date) I use external monitoring anyway (first of the Mackie cr1604) so recording latency is not too important.

--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net

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