Mobo Question

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I'm tracking on a 2488, but I think I'm going to do my mastering on a computer. Gonna build another box with a Phenom II X2 550. In selecting a board, a few questions come to mind:

Any inherent problems with on-board graphics chip? Just seems like one less component to buy.

Any downfall to using a Micro ATX board?

Boards I'm looking at support DDR3 1333. Any problem there?

Thanks
 
getuhgrip said:
I'm tracking on a 2488, but I think I'm going to do my mastering on a computer. Gonna build another box with a Phenom II X2 550. In selecting a board, a few questions come to mind:

Any inherent problems with on-board graphics chip? Just seems like one less component to buy.

Any downfall to using a Micro ATX board?

Boards I'm looking at support DDR3 1333. Any problem there?

Thanks
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Shouldn't be a problem with on board graphics. It might consume some of your ram, but not too much.

The only thing that comes to mind on the Micro-Atx is lack of PCIe slots. It might only have one maybe two. You might want to expand later and won't be able to. Just a thought...

There is a renewed demand for DDR2 lately, so maybe prices on DDR3 have come down.
 
I'll load up 12gigs of ram. No intent to expand. Just a music machine, not a gaming rig.

Thanks
 
I built my computer using a MicroATX mobo w/ onboard graphics and have had zero problems with it. The mobo is a Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H (or at least I'm pretty sure that's the model). It doesn't have DDR3 RAM, though. It has DDR2. I've got 4 GB of RAM installed and a Core2Duo processor. It's rock solid and is also my home computer.
 
getuhgrip said:
I'll load up 12gigs of ram. No intent to expand. Just a music machine, not a gaming rig.

Thanks
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Just make sure you have a 64 bit Operating system running or you will only be able to use about 3.5 gig worth of it. I would stay clear of using xp64 though, I had it and there isn't many working drivers for it so I made the switch to vista.
 
as dastrick said, in my opinion you can't go wrong with a gigabyte board
 
Yeah, I'm kind of an Asus fan, but I realize that there are others (MSI, Gigabyte, PC Chips, etc) that have gotten alot better in recent years.

My biggest thing is an efficient video chip and user friendly bios. I'll probly get my first copy of Win7.

I don't know that the driver issue is significant. If I'm just bouncing wav files back and forth between computer and the 2488, I don't even need a sound card or interface, right? :confused:
 
yeah you can't really go wrong with asus either:)

well the driver issue will depend on how you are bouncing...

it looks like the 2488 has a usb connection if you want to use that you will need some sort of driver, I would check the tascam site and see what operating systems they have a driver available for.. If it just functions as an external hard drive or conforms to some sort of audio standard, drivers may not be necessary.
 
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