What is the best chipset to use for P-III DAW

[RockwayEntertainment]

I fried the Mother board on my DAW.

The processor, memory and drives are ok so i wanna know what specific motherboard or chipset would be best to work with.

Here is what Im putting on the board

Processor: P-III Coppermine 1GHZ 133mhz

Memory: 512mb pc 133 ram

Audio Card: M-Audio Audiophile 2496

OS: either Win98 lite or WinXP

Im not sure if i should go XP yet.

I will be running the following apps

Pro-Tools Free, Quartz Audio Master, Logic Plat 5, cool edit 2000, and T-Racks 24.

Please give your opinions. Thank You

[dubs]

I have similar computer specs. Use the Asus Tuslc-2 motherboard, reputation for being rock solid for audio - I've had mine for about a year or so and it's really stable - hardly crashes (well it hasn't yet when I done audio work). Intel 815EP chipset is what you're looking at.
You should be able to pick one up really cheap.
Cheers

[MisterX]

I agree with dubs....the TUSL2 boards are great P3 boards.
These boards rock if your into oveclocking. http://www.audioforums.com/forums/smile.gif

(if the above statement suits you check out the mad bios for the TUSL2 at------> http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/tweak/i815twken.htm) (http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/tweak/i815twken.htm)

[This message has been edited by MisterX (edited 12-08-2002).]

[gakpie]

agree!

asus cusl2-c with p3 works for me.

[Sip]

I use the asus cusl2-c as well.

[ReZ]

Can anybody tell me where i can get one of these boards, ive searched everywhere i normally buy from....

THX

[Pretty Pretty Cyanide]

PIII boards are harder to get with every passing month. You might want to try local computer shops to see if they can get some from overhead.

[Robert D]

CUSL2-LS 815E SOLANO 2 ATX, NO CPU 4X AGP 5PCI 1CNR 3DIMM UDMA100 ONBOARD VIDEO AUDIO 10/100 LAN ULTRA160 SCSI
(Part - ASCUSL2-LS)
Price: $ 279

Ship: FREE
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Info...

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CUSL2-LS ATX, 815E Chipset UDMA 100 IDEBuilt-In-LAN/Video/AudioUltra 160 SCSI No CPU Accepts Socket 370 (FCPGA)500MHz-1000+MHz (5) PCI(1)CNR(1)4XAGP(3) 168pin ATX
(Part - ASCUSL2-LS)
Price: $ 269

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$280.75 Spartan Technologies, Inc.
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Cheers, RD

[ReZ]

ive found some gigabyte boards with the Intel 815ep chipset will these be as stable...

THX

[airbrush]

you can also get a Soyo MB @ compgeeks.com,
(I think its a com, not net...:/)
anyways I just got one for $30 it has an 815EP chipset.
good luck