Motherboard Recommendations?

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junkiexl2000
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Motherboard Recommendations?

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Im a new MOTU 828 MKII owner as of this week, and im thinking about building a DAW around the MOTU. What motherboard/cpu/memory combo do you guys recommend? I have about $500-$600 to spend. Also i've heard I would need a TI Chipset for the Firewire? Where can I buy that from and is this it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-1394-Firewi ... C294%3A100
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Re: Motherboard / MOTU MK II

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i would recommend using this instead http://www.adstech.com/products/API-315 ... id=API-315 as a firewire card. i heard that combo cards (USB + FW) are not so good when used with firewire audio interfaces..
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Re: Motherboard / MOTU MK II

Post by junkiexl2000 »

thanks for the recommendation, but is that a Texas Instrument chipset, and will that work flawlessly with a Motu 828 mkII on Windows XP or Vista?'

The link you sent wasnt connecting, is it the same one as this http://industrialcomponent.com/adstech/api315.html ?
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Re: Motherboard / MOTU MK II

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Any Asus motherboard recommendations in the $75-$150 range?
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Re: Motherboard Recommendations?

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P5Q!
nerd info:Cubase 4.5.2. Xp x64. Asus p5q-e. 8gb ram
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Re: Motherboard / MOTU MK II

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majdid wrote:i would recommend using this instead http://www.adstech.com/products/API-315 ... id=API-315 as a firewire card. i heard that combo cards (USB + FW) are not so good when used with firewire audio interfaces..
exactly, the link is opening for me thou.. and it has a TI Chipset, at least it solved some issues for me..
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Re: Motherboard Recommendations?

Post by junkiexl2000 »

reeper wrote:P5Q!
which model specifically ? and is this for motu mkii soundcard?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... iption=p5q
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Re: Motherboard Recommendations?

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junkiexl2000 wrote:
reeper wrote:P5Q!
which model specifically ? and is this for motu mkii soundcard?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... iption=p5q
- p5q-e - I use with Ultralite mk3. xp 64 and 8gb ram. runs like HELL

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Re: Motherboard Recommendations?

Post by motufreqy »

424 ? or 324 pci card?

i had a 324 and a mk2 2408 didn't work on any new motherboards asus or gigabyte.
might be obvious to some but others beware
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