MB Selection for Core i7 setup

[shanabit]

1. ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365

or

2. Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128362

Any other suggestions , let me know.

DAW ONLY here BTW, no gaming or video concerns

[D]

Are you running any UAD cards?

If not, either board should suit you fine. Of course, if you're not going to install a 64-bit OS, you will be wasting anything above 4 GB.

The Asus board will look nicer if you plan on showing off the guts, since it has more bright lights on it.

[shanabit]

No but I would like to add a UAD2 in the future

[D]

Okay, I had a problem that was specific to UAD-1 cards in a Magma chassis, but a UAD-2 should work on either motherboard.

I have a Gigabyte EX58-UD3R board that is basically new, but burned in and tested. If you're interested in that, I can save you a big chunk of change.

[Vinark]

Hey D (Bill?)
Which one is suitable for a UAD1?
Thanks
Vincent

[D]

Well, I ended up using the Asus P6T Deluxe, not the V2, although that should work also. That will hold 2 UAD-1 cards.

FYI the Tascam drivers will not work with anything over 4 GB of RAM, unless you like listening to pops & crackles.

[shanabit]

Im leaning towards the ASUS here so far. thanks for the posts.

Ill keep that MB you have D in my brain here as Im looking. htaks for hte offer BTW. I kinda want 3 of the PCIe 2.0 x 16 slots though

[D]

Keep in mind you cannot have 3 dual processor graphics cards in a single machine, so you will be limited to 3 single processor cards, should you decide that you need such power. Otherwise, you will get better performance from 2 dual processor cards.

[Beat Productions]

I'm running 2 UAD-1 PCIe cards, an M-Audio Profire 2626 (on the internal TI chipset Firewire) and a RME HDSP card (Digiface) on my Gigabyte EX58-UD3R with a I7 920 overclocked to 3.2 gig, 6 gig Patriot 1600 ram, Vista 64 Ultimate and, so far, it's rock solid.

[shanabit]

Anyone else? I need to be able to run Protools with a DIGI002 Rack as well

Thanks for the posts so far

[Beat Productions]

Although it's not supported, i run M-Powered Pro Tools 7.4 in Visat 64 (although it's mainly for doing transfers).

[efernan]

Hi,


Although it's not supported, i run M-Powered Pro Tools 7.4 in Visat 64 (although it's mainly for doing transfers).

Which drivers are you using?

Thanks!

[Beat Productions]

I'm using a M-Audio Profire2626 with thelatest M-Audio Vista 64 bit drivers. I installed Pro Tools in XP compatabilty mode.