Are pentium Motherboards better with Digidesign?

If I get a pentium board, will I have to get a new case?

If I get a SCSI hard drive, will I have to get rid of my current IDE?

Does anyone have experience of "Pro Tools FREE"? I have read unfavourable reports of its playback of work recorded on Pro Tools LE, but surely the point is:
How does work recorded on "FREE" playback on
1) "Pro Tools FREE" itself
2) "Pro Tools LE" (most important).

Grateful thanks in advance for any help ! I have been evaluating PT Free for a few weeks now, getting ready to decide whether or not to invest in a DIGI001 system. I have some questions regarding features and performance, which so far are not up to par with other setups (Sonar & Tascam US-428, etc...) I have tested.

Grateful thanks in advance for any help ! I have been evaluating PT Free for a few weeks now, getting ready to decide whether or not to invest in a DIGI001 system. I have some questions regarding features and performance, which so far are not up to par with other setups (Sonar & Tascam US-428, etc...) I have tested.

Has anyone noticed any problems with performances because of recording latency? I've tried using Logic to record vocals, and the singer had real problems (and rightly so!). I usually use PT for this, and I've noticed it's much tighter, but obviously there will be some delay involved.

Hi Spindrift.
I use this click trick for years now, and you're right, drummers love it !
One matter should be considered though : if your click is too "groovy", laying rythm tracks along with it makes it "unmutable". I mean it becomes part of the song groove ! It happens to me once, and the click pattern ended up as a synth perc track in the final mix !