PC Motherboard/chipset for digital audio

[dmitchell]

its getting close to time again for me to rebuild my computer and so i need to reeducate myself on what the best motherboard and chipset and cpu configuration/over cost effectiveness, for digital audio... i use sonar and gigastudio but am using more and more plugins in sonar and less gigastudio as time goes on...any help appreciated..dave

[kouly]

Here are some general tips. Get as much CPU and RAM as you can afford.Keep your audio input processing (analog to digital converstion)seperate and away from the motherboard by getting a standalone unit. You will generally get better quality than a soundcard plugged into the motherboard.

[dmitchell]

yep,, i agree,,,im looking for more specific information about chipset/motherboard/cpu im just gathering info from a lot of different usergroups.. like i just found out that i texas instruments firewire chipset controller tends to be less buggy . right now im leaning towards a gigabyte motherboard with intel p35 chipset..but i might wait and get the latest chipset which is the x38thanks again.dave

[steveha2865]

Digidesign (ProTools) dictates that only an Intel chipset will work with their product.

[jameslimborg]

HARD DRIVE... Get a fast hard drive! At least 10,000rpm. I use a SCSI 15,000rpm hard drive. 2gb RAM/MEMORY I recommend... and a good/expensive quality ram/memory at that.