DAW motherboard recommendations needed

what about this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136043
while for DAW system i will not focus on the board other than
cpu and a big
you're quad should do the job
just pick more ram as you can

This is my latest component list - I may wait a month to save another 200$, but i doubt it! I choose the GA-EP45-DS3R LGA mb because it has the Ti 1394a firewire 400 (I have a firebox) and it supports mild over clocking. I'm new at this, so I may change something before I buy.


1 ABS Aplus ABS-CS-EL Diablo Black 0.8mm SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
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1 GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
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1 GIGABYTE GV-R465-1GI Radeon HD 4650 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail
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1 PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
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1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9550 - Retail
Model #:BX80569Q9550
Item #:N82E16819115041
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$319.99 $319.99

2 mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996580 - Retail
Model #:996580
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$74.99 $149.98

2 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #:ST3500320AS
Item #:N82E16822148288
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