Mobo Recommendation: 5 PCI AMD 939 socket

[Suntower]

I want to get another mobo for my DAW. I recently had my Asus A8V Deluxe go south and though I got a replacement, I just found out it's a refurbished unit which I'm not happy about.

So, thanks to Jim Roseberry I am considering the Gigabyte K8U-939, which has everything I want but NOT Firewire and I'm gonna be out of PCI slots.

I don't -need- Firewire right now, but it would be nice to have for the future.

So... recommendations:

I have 2 UAD-1s, a Powercore Element, and an RME PCI with a daughtercard so -technically- I have a slot available, but on the ASUS board that slot in the case was used by the daughtercard.

Suggestions on:
1. Motherboard
2. Any Firewire options if one has no PCI slots?

THANKS!

---JC

 

[Suntower]

How about?

Gigabyte K8NSNXP or

GIGA-BYTE GA-K8NS ULTRA-939

...both seem to use the nForce3 chipset. Any problems with Poco?

---JC

 

[Agent Cooper]

Suntower,
maybe not the direct answer to your question, but still ...
I was in the same boat some months ago and decided to get rid of the Powercore since I only used its reverbs anyway and my UADs have priority.
I got around 450€ for the PoCo with the Intonator and bought IK Multimedia's CSR for reverb instead (Crossgrade incl. Groove Maker LE 210€).
CSR uses extremely little CPU and sounds much better than TC's stock reverbs.
I can continue using my A8V del with 100% stability and great performance, and honestly don't miss the PoCo a bit since CSR and the UAD reverbs form a nice team.
So if you don't have big money in extra PoCo software, this solution might be worth a look.
Cheers, Cooper

 

[jcat]

I'm using this board with 3 UAD-1's and an RME HDSP9652 (with daughter board).

MSI Neo2 Platinum (nForce3 Ultra)

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ ... hp?UID=607

Great board if you want lots of PCI, just don't use an Matrox G450 with it as it causes problems, I use a MAtrox P650.

It also has firewire...

8)



Cheers,

jcat

 

[Suntower]

---I'd love to. But, like the A8V Deluxe, I can't find 'em -anywhere- here in the states.

There are dealers that will sell a 'refurbished' unit, but there's only a 90 day warranty---not gonna do that.

Thanks, though!

---JC

I'm using this board with 3 UAD-1's and an RME HDSP9652 (with daughter board).

MSI Neo2 Platinum (nForce3 Ultra)

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ ... hp?UID=607

Great board if you want lots of PCI, just don't use an Matrox G450 with it as it causes problems, I use a MAtrox P650.

It also has firewire...

8)



Cheers,

jcat