First post, by Intel486dx33
I was finally able to obtain the illusive Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 ISA card.
I want to build a PC around this card for best Audio experience.
I am asking for your recommendations as to what hardware I should use ?
I want it to endure so I am using some NEW parts too.
Best of both worlds NEW and old.
Motherboards - I have socket-3, Socket-7, Super Socket-7, Slot-1 with ISA slots.
CPU’s - I have 486-33/50/66, AMD K6-2-533, K6-3-450, pentium 166/200/233, Pentium-2 233/333/400,
Pentium-3 500.
Ram - I have 8mb to 512mb FPM or EDO.
Graphics - Voodoo-3 AGP, Voodoo-3 PCI, Banshe AGP and PCI, Matrox, ATI, S3 trio64 PCI, Oaktech ISA.
Audio - Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 and Yamaha YMF-7xx, ISA, Terratec Base-1 ISA.
Case - Antec VSKe4000
Power supply - Modern 450watt ATX with AT adapter.
Hard-drive - CF card with adapter or a 500mb Hard-drive.
SCSI controller - Adaptec ?
IDE controller - Gold , Winbond, UMC, Sony, Creative ?
CDROM - IDE or SCSI ? 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 52x ?
What do you recommend ?
Please leave your comments so I can build a good quality computer that will endure.