Posted by carl winslow on 12/05/05 23:42

"R&B" wrote:
> "Freddy" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:ZhMkf.314$PX2.52918@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
>>Hello Folks,
>>
>>Several years ago, I took the valued advice of some fine people here when
>>puting my NLY system together and chose the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard.
>>Equipped with 1.5 GB of PC233 RAM and an Athlon 1800 CPU, it did me fine.
>>It has served me well, but it's time to move on. I'm interested in the
>>faster Serial ATA drives, and would like your collective advice as to
>>which motherboard to get. I'm happy with premiere 6.5, does the job.
>>
>>Suggestions?
>
>
> If you're going to build a machine, I would suggest going to Adobe's website
> and find out what, if any, systems are 'approved' for use with 6.5. Then go
> to that computer manufacturer's site and look up the specs on the 'approved'
> machine. Find out which chipset they're using in the mobo. Then Google
> that chipset and find out which mobos use it, and select one from those
> available.
>
> Whether or not this is true, I can't say, but I was recently told that when
> building what amounts to server machines (which I have for my workstation),
> the ASUS boards (which I have) do not tend to have especially long lifes
> (which I was not thrilled to learn). The Supermicros are better. Or so
> they said. Probably because they carry Supermicro. (I'm a little jaded.)
> I'm sure there are others.
>
> Randy

The four Gigabyte motherboards that I have ordered in the last 3 years
have served me well, but I'm no video expert.

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