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Originally Posted by Acorn
Thanks JAYDMF, I have decided to take your advice on a quality power supply to be on the safe side. My local computer supplier does not stock the SilverStone, so after much thought and reading of specs, I think I will go for an OCZ modxstream pro 500W.
I have also been giving a lot of thought to the mobo and have come across the Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H this has realtec audio, T.I. firewire and AMD north and south bridge chips, no VIA chips that I can see. Its in a similar price bracket to the ASUS and it is also mATX.
The Antec 300 case which includes a couple of fans looks smart for the money, so I have decided I will go for that. My only concern is that the specs only say it will support ATX, it does'nt say anything about mATX. Am I correct in thinking it will still have fixing points for mATX even though mATX is not specified.
Anyhow here is a list I have come up with for a studio PC. I have gone way over my intended budget, but it should do me for a few years. If there are any items in the list you think are not compatible, please let me know. I am intending to use windows XP pro with cubase 5 and a Profire 2626 audio interface.
1 x OCZ modxstream pro 500w
1 x Antec 300 case
1 x Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H mother board
1 x AMD Phenom II x 2 545 sok AM3
1 x 3gb (3 x 1gb) corsair xms3 DDR3 PC3-10666
2 x 320gb Samsung HD322HJ SATA 3gb/s 7200rpm
1 x Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22 X DVD+R
Come to £381.04 from my local supplier.
Regards
Acorn.
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Good decision it will pay off. Should all be fine. The 3gb kit you have on that list looks like its an i7 kit but the gigabyte should still support it in dual channel config if you wanna save a lil cash then you can pick up just a dual 2gb kit but as i said should be fine with 3 sticks if you wanna max out XPs RAM handling capabilites. its worth making sure the machine runs in dual channel as it gives some performance increase over single in the same way that triple does over dual (although how much of an increase is still a widely debated subject).
The antec does have standoff points for micro atx boards so you'll been fine there. it is indeed a solid case for the money. so far i havent found many cases in the same price range that are as well built and provide good cooling.
The one thing i would say is just keep an eye on the gigabyte bios updates, the 785 chipset is the newest in AMDs line up and gigabyte are a bit renowned for putting out a lot of bios updates early on in a board such as this lifetime to fix low level problems (usually that overclockers get nigly about and most people dont need to work) but its always worth while keeping an eye on what the bios updates do or fix. This can be said of any good board manufacturer tbh but gigabyte seem to put out more in the early stages of a board than say asus/asrock or MSI etc.
You'll have a nice solid machine there to see you good for a fair while, My 550 BE is far outstripping my e6600 in multitasking and has really opened up my gaming machine and reaktor synth building but at the same time runs cooler than the 6600 and even a friends 8400 (although i am using a geminii S this is not as extreme as his thermalright 120 ex) and its quiet enough to watch films. If you need more help just message me or of course post
