Kevin Cosgrove wrote: > On 29 January 2009 at 1:47, "R.Wolff" <musicwolf@xxxxxx> wrote: > > ;-) But seriously, I'd go with Tyan or ASUS for your motherboard. > I surely can't afford a Tyan board. he cheapest one I can find here in germany cost about 3x as much as the ASRock. And I already mentioned that my budget is extremely tight. > Do your homework when choosing the RAM. It's got to be good in > the motherboard you're using, and memory errors are terrible to > diagnose, if you have them. Yeah, I know this from hard learned lesson. But I thought that OCZ is a good memory brand? > Since you said DAW, I'd add "quiet" > to your list of power supply features of utmost importance. The quit factor is too important to me, the PC is well hidden and not disturbing me that much. ;) > Besides DAW, you mentioned that > you need excellent graphics. Are you going to produce video, or > maybe you're trying to build a machine for gaming too? That's a misunderstanding, maybe I'm not expressing myself very well. What I meant was, does this iGPU (ATI HD3300) work well under linux? What I need most is solid 2D performance over two monitors. > You'll > need to choose your audio interface for the DAW, and that might > impact your choice of motherboards, which will ripple through all > of your other choices. Well, I'll use my Delta 1010LT from the old box, which is rock salad under linux :D > G'luck... > > -- > Kevin > Thanks, Raphael -- ________________________________ "A mind is like a parachute - It doesnt work if it's not open." |- - - - - - - Frank Zappa - - - - - - -| _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
