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From: Jim Cochrane on 30 Jan 2010 04:02
(Sorry for the late response.)

On 2010-01-23, Danno <WhoaBaby(a)MySecretPlace.org> wrote:
> Jim Cochrane wrote:
><snip>
>>
>> After not having bought a new computer system for 5 or more years, I'm now
>> trying to figure out what kind of new system will best fit my needs. Any
>> advice on this will be greatly appreciated - and hopefully others will
>> also learn some useful things from the resulting threads.
>
><snip>
>
>> - At least 24GB memory capacity. (Will probably start out with 12GB.)
>
> I believe the Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME can help you out in the motherboard
> department, if you can find the RAM to populate it. Even 12G is a lot of
> ...

Thanks for the good info.


BTW, if anyone is interested, here is what I ended up ordering (parts
should all be here by Monday and I'll then take them to a shop to have
them built [don't trust myself to do it]):


34.89 [Lite-On 24X Serial ATA DVDRW-LT-IHAS324-24x]

159.99 [Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case]

99.99 [Mushkin XP-650 650W ATX12V SLI Ready Modular Power Supply]

269.99 [GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard]

288.99 [Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core
Processor Model BX80601920]

159.99 [Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM]

74.99 [Noctua NH-U12P SE2 120mm SSO CPU Cooler]

38.99 [GIGABYTE GV-NX84S512HP GeForce 8400 GS 512MB Video Card]

258.15 [BL3KIT25664TB1608 6GB kit (2GBx3), Ballistix Tracer 240-pin DIMM
(with LEDs) Upgrade for a Giga-Byte GA-EX58-UD5 (rev. 1.0) System]
($239.99, Approximate tax: $10.17,
Shipping charges: Express shipping (2 business days) $7.99
Estimated order subtotal: $258.15)


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From: Danno on 30 Jan 2010 05:12
Jim Cochrane wrote:
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> 269.99 [GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard]
<snip>

Nice system. I've got a couple of Gigabyte's "ultra-durable" boards,
they've been rock steady for me. I've got Realtek ALC888 integrated audio
on this box, yours has Realtek ALC889A, so I dunno if this matters, but a
caveat to getting my audio working (in Slackware 12.2) was to
edit /etc/modprobe.d/sound to include :
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1


You mentioned having an echo MiaMIDI card, but your new system has
integrated 5.1/7.1 surround, maybe will come in handy if you decide to try
your hand at multichannel mixing.



--
Slackware 12.2, 2.6.27.7, Core i7 920, GeForce 8400 GS
RLU #272755
From: Jim Cochrane on 31 Jan 2010 16:17
On 2010-01-30, Danno <WhoaBaby(a)MySecretPlace.org> wrote:
> Jim Cochrane wrote:
><snip>
>> 269.99 [GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard]
><snip>
>
> Nice system. I've got a couple of Gigabyte's "ultra-durable" boards,
> they've been rock steady for me. I've got Realtek ALC888 integrated audio
> on this box, yours has Realtek ALC889A, so I dunno if this matters, but a
> caveat to getting my audio working (in Slackware 12.2) was to
> edit /etc/modprobe.d/sound to include :
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1

Thanks for the tip. I've saved this info. in case I need it.

> You mentioned having an echo MiaMIDI card, but your new system has
> integrated 5.1/7.1 surround, maybe will come in handy if you decide to try
> your hand at multichannel mixing.

Perhaps I'll try that at some point. This system is going to open a lot
of new possibilities.


Jim

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