New System - Opinions???

[Stuart Stuart]

I'm planning a new system ...

Motherboard: ASUS commando
Processor: Quad Core QX6700
RAM: 2gb DDR2 800 corsair
Hard Drives: 2 x WD 10,000 raptors, 1 x SATA 7200 apps drive
UAD's: 2 x PCI and 1 x PCIe
Soundcard: RME 9652
Other: TC Powercore Mark 1
Other: Liquid Mix Firewire

Any opinions on whether all of this will work together?

 

[Fundy]

Can't see any reason why it wouldn't. Just don't install Windows Vista.

 

[Stuart Stuart]

Any opinion or knowledge about the commando board?

 

[dark blue man]

Any opinion or knowledge about the commando board?

It's expensive

 

[nfreer]

I'm planning a new system ...

Motherboard: ASUS commando
Processor: Quad Core QX6700
RAM: 2gb DDR2 800 corsair
Hard Drives: 2 x WD 10,000 raptors, 1 x SATA 7200 apps drive
UAD's: 2 x PCI and 1 x PCIe
Soundcard: RME 9652
Other: TC Powercore Mark 1
Other: Liquid Mix Firewire

Any opinions on whether all of this will work together?

Don't know if it concerns you but I had a Raptor and found it too be too loud for audio use - quite a hard hitting noise. Not sure but they're also reputedly quite hot running - I replaced mine at the same time as my gfx card which was also running hot and this sorted out crashes I'd been having. Could've been the gfx card however.

 

[Fundy]

About the hard-drives, you do get Silent Enclosures for them. I have them installed in my system. I'm not sure 10K drives would suitable with them as both mine are 7200 RPM drives.

http://www.silentmaxx.de

The hard-drives don't seem have any faults using them for me so far, it's been over 6 months too.

 

[Big Harpe]

Congrats.
I second the Windows Vista warning, at least for now. I bought it and uninstalled it a few days later.
Good luck,

 

[bulls hit]

Yeah you're better off trading a little extra speed for silence. Unless you're planning streaming 100s of tracks, a regular 7200 Barracuda will do the job quietly. Also get a fanless video card

 

[nfreer]

About the hard-drives, you do get Silent Enclosures for them. I have them installed in my system. I'm not sure 10K drives would suitable with them as both mine are 7200 RPM drives.

http://www.silentmaxx.de

The hard-drives don't seem have any faults using them for me so far, it's been over 6 months too.

I was using a Scythe Quiet Drive on the Raptor I owned, didn't make much/any difference.