Motherboard Advice

[Brian Colmery]

I've got a P4 1.7 with a VIA motherboard, and I'm planning on turning the whole thing into a DAW -- the motherboard sucks. I'm planning to run one or two mAudio Delta 10/10s on it, probably with an additional midi interface. Is there any particular motherboard that would be good for my situation?

Thanks guys!

[P.Sound]

There are a few that come to mind:



Intel P4 Motherboard D845GBV - 845G chipset 3GB DDR RAM $125 - Newest chipset
Intel Motherboard D850EMV2 for P4 478 - Does have USB 2.0 PC800/1066 RDRAM compatible $156 - Newest chipset fastest RAM when RAM becomes available
Asus P4B266-C Intel 845D chipset ATX Motherboard NO USB 2.0, AUDIO or LAN - $117.00 - Very stable and used alot
Asus P4B266 PA Intel 845D chipset and USB 2.0 $139 - Very popular
GigaByte GA-8IRXP,i845 chip 6P1A3D USB 2.0 ATA133 RAID - $119.00 - Very Popular
Gigabyte GA-8IE,Intel 845E 3GB DDR USB 2.0 $105 - Newest chipset great value

[Styrerra]

Check out mobo's with 4 IDE slots for their ability to isolate HD and Atapi devices (you can do this with a controller\RAID card as well but mobo's designed for this do it better IMHO)

check the

abit nv7-133R

or overview what ASUS have to offer here.

http://usa.asus.com/mb/overview_p3.htm


STAY AWAY FROM CELERON AND DURON based systems or more to the point proccessors that limit their cache below 256. (An exemption would be the tualatin celeron which has 256)

[cpufan]

Originally posted by P.Sound
There are a few that come to mind:



Intel P4 Motherboard D845GBV - 845G chipset 3GB DDR RAM $125 - Newest chipset
Intel Motherboard D850EMV2 for P4 478 - Does have USB 2.0 PC800/1066 RDRAM compatible $156 - Newest chipset fastest RAM when RAM becomes available
Asus P4B266-C Intel 845D chipset ATX Motherboard NO USB 2.0, AUDIO or LAN - $117.00 - Very stable and used alot
Asus P4B266 PA Intel 845D chipset and USB 2.0 $139 - Very popular
GigaByte GA-8IRXP,i845 chip 6P1A3D USB 2.0 ATA133 RAID - $119.00 - Very Popular
Gigabyte GA-8IE,Intel 845E 3GB DDR USB 2.0 $105 - Newest chipset great value



Take a look at the new ASUS P4B533 it's the next-generation of the P4B266