I'll try to keep this short, but the title just about sums it up: I'm looking for a very stable, no hassle, no crashing, no lockup 970 (?) setup for a DAW and a little video editing, based on a FX-8320 running Win7. NO GAMING, so this makes a lot of the usual considerations moot. Likewise, onboard audio and video. Sound will be handled by an outboard Lexicon interface and I'll use a dual-monitor video card I already have.
I've been reading everything I can for the past week, and if Newegg's vast trove of user reviews are to be trusted, I have about a 50% chance of major, hair-pulling problems, mysteries and DOAs, irrespective of MB brand, model or price. These are often attributed (correctly or not) to RAM incompatibilities -- and there aren't any current or useful RAM compatibility lists on the motherboard webpages. It's apparently just trial and error, which gets expensive and exasperating.
So, I'm looking for any tested recommendations that work for you.
All the MB features I really need are some external USB2/3 sockets on the board and maybe heatsinked VRMs as I may do some modest overclocking if it doesn't sacrifice reliability -- but reliability is what I'm after.
There only seems to be about a half-dozen or so readily-available MBs in this general category, and I'm sure they're familiar ones to you all.
I generally have good luck with my builds as I approach them extremely carefully. It's sort of unsettling to see all these user horror stories.
I've bought everything else new from the ground up on this project and I don't think they really have any effect on the MB/RAM selection, so I won't make a long list here.
I'll be very grateful for some sound advice on this!
Thanks!
I've been reading everything I can for the past week, and if Newegg's vast trove of user reviews are to be trusted, I have about a 50% chance of major, hair-pulling problems, mysteries and DOAs, irrespective of MB brand, model or price. These are often attributed (correctly or not) to RAM incompatibilities -- and there aren't any current or useful RAM compatibility lists on the motherboard webpages. It's apparently just trial and error, which gets expensive and exasperating.
So, I'm looking for any tested recommendations that work for you.
All the MB features I really need are some external USB2/3 sockets on the board and maybe heatsinked VRMs as I may do some modest overclocking if it doesn't sacrifice reliability -- but reliability is what I'm after.
There only seems to be about a half-dozen or so readily-available MBs in this general category, and I'm sure they're familiar ones to you all.
I generally have good luck with my builds as I approach them extremely carefully. It's sort of unsettling to see all these user horror stories.
I've bought everything else new from the ground up on this project and I don't think they really have any effect on the MB/RAM selection, so I won't make a long list here.
I'll be very grateful for some sound advice on this!
Thanks!
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