HI,
nope all that is old tech. and the proc is very slow.

for a tad bit more you can get up to date product.

DDR2 800
P35 chipset
E6550 (or wait a month and get the newer penyrn chips)
Nvidia 8400 dual head video

Scott
ADK

Thanks fo the reply Scott. Dam! lol. I suppose it's best to find out now before I make a big mistake.

I'll look into what you mentioned.

Anything else I should be looking at?

remember that the mother board will only take an Intel or an AMD prosessor
and this mother board is for an intel. It only has two slots (yellow)for your Ram. you need 4
you should also heve 4 PCI slots (white)
the newer DAW systems offer the option of running 64 bit systems and believe me its nicer once you get them set up. Pain it the but to get there though. This is not one.
its a cheep office MB that belongs in a Dell (IMO) :D

I'll agree with everything stated thus far.

Spend just a tad more and get the following when buying:

Dual head video (even if you can't take advantage of this now, you'll love it later.)

Win XP Pro...com'on, it's $20 more.

Get a second hard drive (I just picked up a 250 Gig for $60...Newegg, SATA, Seagate...all good stuff.)

Processors and MOBOs are cheap, cheap, cheap...pick a nice one. Read up and see which chipsets work well for audio and which don't.

Cheers-

J.

I just made a list for a cheep build that cost me a grand a year ago, now under $400.
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I've finally got a list together of components for building my PC.

They are:

MOBO – Intel DP35DP

CPU – Core 2 Duo E6500

RAM – Corsair 2x1GB DDR2 XMS2 6400C4 TwinX with Heat Spreader

HDD – 2 x 250GB Seagate Barracuda, SATA2, 7200RPM, 8MB Cache

Case/PSU - MESH Midi-TowerATX Case + 550W PSU

CD/DVD Drive – Samsung 24x DVD COMBO SLIM BARE DRIVE

Graphics Card – Gigabyte GeForce 7300GS 256MB/512MB TC DDR2 PCIE DVI HDTV

I can purchase these for £421.68

On top of this i'll need a sound card but i'm looking at a mixer/soundcard combo so still to decide on this. I'll also be purchasing Windows XP Home SP2 for the OS. I will also need a monitor, keyboard, mouse but this isn't essential just now. Another thing i've still to decide on too is speakers.

Software wise, i'm getting Pro Tools LE with an Mbox Mini and Reason 4.

I'd just like to know if all the parts i've choosen are compatable with each other before I go ahead with buying them. I think they are but would like some confirmation if anyone can help.

Still looking at other equipment such as midi keyboard etc but I can use some of the stuff I have just now.

Is there anything obvious i've missed? Do I need to purchase cables, plugs etc?

Any help appreciated;)

I think the P5W DH Deluxe is a nicer MB

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I use a MB for AMD because I want the 64 bit option

M2N-E

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the choise is yours. some boards are vista ready

I use XP pro as it is also 64 bit compatible.

Stick with the Intel board! newer and better chipset
not to mention Asus RMA rate is horrid.

Scott
ADK

ADK audio wrote: Stick with the Intel board! newer and better chipset
not to mention Asus RMA rate is horrid.

Scott
ADK

:D Sorry to disagree but Ive never used the RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization), never had to. :wink:

My present board would not boot for me on my first boot because it was the wrong bios and I just had to reflash it. (easy update)
Maybe some might have given up and returned it but maybe they should let someone else build their PC , who knows.
I work close with a local computer store and I can say that not to many boards are (dead) and need to be returned.
We had one vista board last month that would not even power up, but thats really rare.

No matter what you buy, you will find good and bad reports.
Stay away from the real bad, but don't expect a problem free install and you wont be disapointed.
No matter what board you pick, check with the manufacturs web site for updates and google it for problems before you by it.
Thats my best advice.
personally I will never go back to intel, but each to there own right.
Good luck with what ever you choose 8-)

I totally agree, I bought an Asus a few months back and have no qualms with it whatsoever.

I've always used AMD, maybe there's something about the underdog aspect that I like!

Sorry to disagree but Ive never used the RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization), never had to.

how many Asus board have you bought in the last yr?

i ship over 800 computers a yr.
do you have that kind of experiance with Asus and other manufacturers?

and the P35 is by far better than 975 chipset.

Scott
ADK

No ADK, I am a musician not a computer store, even though I am sure the computer store that I mentioned and sometimes help out at sells enough.

Not going to get into it, when everyone can read the reviews to all the different brands themselves.

I do no a music store that hates fender guitars though.

What Scott is saying is that a 25% DOA rate is pretty huge. Most people don't buy in quantity enough to see an overall failure rate. It's not that he's saying ASUS is bad (qualitative) he's saying they show up dead alot (quantitative).

Hard2Hear wrote: What Scott is saying is that a 25% DOA rate is pretty huge. Most people don't buy in quantity enough to see an overall failure rate. It's not that he's saying ASUS is bad (qualitative) he's saying they show up dead alot (quantitative).

I here ya man And am sorry if we got a missunderstanding going scott.

I must say that the p35 board is sweet, I just wish it could be had with an AMD option. Looks like AMD has there own struggle right now, though. Their last update was less then worth it. :oops: