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Hey, I was wondering if anyone can briefly explain how differing sockets on a motherboard affect anything on the daw. From what I read, I was under the assumption to go with 939. But it seems that all the 939 boards only take athlon 3500+ or higher and that's a bit pricey and not really necessary for my meager beginnings.
I found the Asus sk8n (nforce3) but it's a socket 940. Will that limit the compatibility with processors etc.?
Are 754's passe?

Thanks for any help,
stu
 
First pick the processor you want to use and that will control which socket you'll need. My recommendation is to go for bang for the buck. If you get the screamin' processor and motherboard from one year ago you will have plenty of power and save some money for things that will last for much longer like mics, pres and monitors.
 
Would the 754's fit into that category? If so, should I stay away from Sata with these?

thanks,
stu
 
Hey, thanks for the replies.

I think I found what I'm looking for. Gigabyte GA-k8ns ultra-939.
I was originally looking at the neo2 platinum but it only supports 3500+ or higher. So I ASSuMEd that all 939's were the same. But with the Giga I can get a 3000+ and save a lot of money as opposed to the 3500+. It's also an Nforce 3 which I've heard, whatever that's worth, is great.

I hope I'm going the right route. I've tried their website for ram compatibility etc. but couldn't find anything. Do I have anything to worry about if I just get a any name brand(corsair, kingston, ?samsung). Are their variations between products within the brand that would make any bit of difference?

Thanks guys
stu
 
I don't think brand of RAM makes much of a difference because its function is so tightly defined. There's a guy on ebay called qualityrams that seems to have very good prices.

FWIW, I'm using a 4 year old 750MHz Duron machine with cheesy built in video, 1GB RAM and two IDE HDDs, 30 and 120 GB. It's plenty fast for my limited home recording hobby, and I don't think I've got much more than $500 in it. Eventually I'll need to get something more powerful and I'll aim at 75% of state of the art.
 
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