AMD users, Which chipset/mobo for a DAW?

Schmidi · Post by **Schmidi** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:29 am

I was just curious as to what people are having luck with, as the last time I bought a computer AMD was a little sketchy due to certain chipsets vs soundcards. I would be running a firepod for the soundcard.
Thanks for the info.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:36 am

Stick with any ASUS board and you should be fine. They're the most expensive boards, and for good reason.

As for most recent compatibility, I've heard that NVidia chipsets are very good. But it depends on which chip you're getting.

Also, if you're looking for dualcore, you should check www.TomsHardware.com to see the tests on what will work best. Let us know what you end up getting.

Komputer Konfuzed · Post by **Komputer Konfuzed** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:57 am

ASUS boards were really good in the mid to late 90's, but I have had a couple flake out on me lately in weird ways that were just 2 years or less old;
they are more into business applications these days in my opinion.
I've had great luck with DFI and AMD. I would also recommend matching the chipset on your graphics card to the same as your mother board. There are a couple of options now.

Peace

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:01 am

You picked a good thread to make your first post

Welcome to the cult of Ableton.

As for your comments, I do agree about DFI, they also make very good boards that are performance (read overclocker) oriented. As for ASUS, they're still a standard from everything I've read. Also look into Abit and Gibabyte.

Komputer Konfuzed · Post by **Komputer Konfuzed** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:23 am

nebulae wrote:You picked a good thread to make your first post Welcome to the cult of Ableton. Thank you!

As for your comments, I do agree about DFI, they also make very good boards that are performance (read overclocker) oriented. As for ASUS, they're still a standard from everything I've read. Also look into Abit and Gibabyte. - Just going by experience

Peace.

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:27 am

I have a geforce model motherboard not sure of the chip set off the top of my head - however the AMD I'm running now athlon 64 3200+

no problems so far

adonis ...