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- Mar 21, 2005
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- Boston, MA, usa
Abit aw9d-Max:
I'm slowly narrowing my Mobo selection down and I had a few questions to ask about this card. First how's the audio card? Is it taking up cpu resources or does it have a small footprint? Second, related to the first, how are you managing with only one pci card (and what is the pci x1 card used for)? I'm using two pci devices in my build, one SC (if the one on the board gets in the way of performance) and a wireless card. I've been told about usb options (both SC and webcards) but I don't want anything hanging loose around the case (pets and all). So I may need to pass on what looks like a really nice board. So that is why I put these questions to the experts, the users of the board. My present and future specs are as follows (feel free to comment on any of it):
Case: Stacker 830 (Bought)
cpu: E6600
Vid: evga 7900gto (Bought)- (I was an avid gamer before going back to school)
Motherboard: something 975x under $300
Ram: Corsair XMS2 2gb w/ EPP:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145034 (bought)
Sound: m-audio probably.
Power: OCZ 700w Xtreme gamer (Bought).
Cooling: WC and some fans.
Storage: SATA Drive x2
I want a few features pretty badly, Matrix raid, Pci-e (x2 two if physics cards can use them), at least two pci slots, SATA (or II), 975x chipset to make the best of my e6600. As an aside, though not wanting to digress; any really good boards in the pipelines due to release in the next couple of weeks? Thanks all in advance.
-C
I'm slowly narrowing my Mobo selection down and I had a few questions to ask about this card. First how's the audio card? Is it taking up cpu resources or does it have a small footprint? Second, related to the first, how are you managing with only one pci card (and what is the pci x1 card used for)? I'm using two pci devices in my build, one SC (if the one on the board gets in the way of performance) and a wireless card. I've been told about usb options (both SC and webcards) but I don't want anything hanging loose around the case (pets and all). So I may need to pass on what looks like a really nice board. So that is why I put these questions to the experts, the users of the board. My present and future specs are as follows (feel free to comment on any of it):
Case: Stacker 830 (Bought)
cpu: E6600
Vid: evga 7900gto (Bought)- (I was an avid gamer before going back to school)
Motherboard: something 975x under $300
Ram: Corsair XMS2 2gb w/ EPP:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145034 (bought)
Sound: m-audio probably.
Power: OCZ 700w Xtreme gamer (Bought).
Cooling: WC and some fans.
Storage: SATA Drive x2
I want a few features pretty badly, Matrix raid, Pci-e (x2 two if physics cards can use them), at least two pci slots, SATA (or II), 975x chipset to make the best of my e6600. As an aside, though not wanting to digress; any really good boards in the pipelines due to release in the next couple of weeks? Thanks all in advance.
-C