He already has 16gb of DDR3 and not really wanting to make the $$ jump for a system build with DDR4!! rather a DDR3 board from a few yrs ago is preferable to cap costs.
Note - it's a budget build so he can get some PCIe DSP cards operational (he has Macbook atm), so not looking at the current latest greatest. Should they still be avoided for DAW system builds? Or have they greatly improved? Once upon a time AMD were avoided at all costs when building DAW. If not so good for DAW which other chipsets are preferable? (Happy to get board recommendations too)ģ. Is the above mentioned Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 board good or bad for DAW? (as asked above).Ģ. Furthermore I know that VIA can be a bug bear on some motherboards, as for AMD Chipsets since I've always avoided I know nothing about them.ġ. which type are better or worse than others for DAW). Personally I always go for Intel CPU and Chipset (ICH5 and X99 were my last builds and were rock solid), it's a couple of years since my last PC build, so I'm not up with the current situation with Intel Chipset variants either (ie. He has been offered for a reasonable price an Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3.ĭoes anyone know if this is a good (or great) motherboard for for DAW usage? I'm asking for a friend who is trying to build a reasonably cheap DAW PC.
