I’m planning on building a new quad core system. I’ll most likely get c2q 6600 G0 and hd4870.
Now I’m having (even more) difficulty on selecting the right motherboard.
I was planning to get Gygabyte GA EP35 DS3(R) that has realtek 889a audio. And I was almost good to ge when-
For a very similar price I can now get ASUS P5Q Pro that has realtek 1200 audio chip. (board based on newer p45 chipset with pcie 2 standard- nice)
Can anyone tell me the difference between the 2 audio solutions. Most I could find was that 889a is better than 888 and lower number variants. It stands to reason that 1200 is even better, but than again realtek started (afaik) from 880 and went up- 1200 seams too big a jump to be legit... unless its insanely revolutionary... in which case i should be able to find some reviews saying how much better it is... which i cant.
So the whole thing's fishy. That and I know that GA has exclusive rights to the "high-end" realtek 889a. (pre 1200 chip info)
More confusing fact to me is that more expensive variants of P5Q have a different Azalia codec for audio. And in case you’re wondering why I am i stressing so much over audio- is that I already have ASUS P5K-E and I have truckload of truble with its integrated solution. Its also code named Azalia so my hair stands when i hear that name. For this reason alone I was sure I was going to give ASUS a wide breath in my next mobo selection… but here I am.
Any motherboard and/or sound card expert advice very much appreciated. I surfed the net for more info like mad, but I couldn’t find anything useful myself.
Thank you for any insight,
Petar
Now I’m having (even more) difficulty on selecting the right motherboard.
I was planning to get Gygabyte GA EP35 DS3(R) that has realtek 889a audio. And I was almost good to ge when-
For a very similar price I can now get ASUS P5Q Pro that has realtek 1200 audio chip. (board based on newer p45 chipset with pcie 2 standard- nice)
Can anyone tell me the difference between the 2 audio solutions. Most I could find was that 889a is better than 888 and lower number variants. It stands to reason that 1200 is even better, but than again realtek started (afaik) from 880 and went up- 1200 seams too big a jump to be legit... unless its insanely revolutionary... in which case i should be able to find some reviews saying how much better it is... which i cant.
So the whole thing's fishy. That and I know that GA has exclusive rights to the "high-end" realtek 889a. (pre 1200 chip info)
More confusing fact to me is that more expensive variants of P5Q have a different Azalia codec for audio. And in case you’re wondering why I am i stressing so much over audio- is that I already have ASUS P5K-E and I have truckload of truble with its integrated solution. Its also code named Azalia so my hair stands when i hear that name. For this reason alone I was sure I was going to give ASUS a wide breath in my next mobo selection… but here I am.
Any motherboard and/or sound card expert advice very much appreciated. I surfed the net for more info like mad, but I couldn’t find anything useful myself.
Thank you for any insight,
Petar