Intel D875PBZ, P4P800 deluxe, or P4C800 Deluxe E, what board

jea · Post by **jea** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 1:04 pm

Hello,

I own all 3 cards, but do not have the time to test everything atm....

I want to put 1x Scope, 2 x UAD-1's, and a TC PowerCore FIREWIRE in it.

I have P4 2.8E and a P4 3G (Northwood), and I am not sure what to choose....

Any recommendations? Anyone here tested such a setup?

Maybe with Motu 828mkII as well?

Regards,

jea

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 4:27 pm

Hi there,

I have A ScopePro (15) DSP, a TC Powercore PCI & a UAD-1, I have them all in a Athlon system right now, but I am planning to purchase a D875PBZ this week, here is a post from Sinix that may be of help

http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... forum=19&0

Cheers!

jea · Post by **jea** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 4:32 pm

LOL

I don't know how many times I have read that post, and here it comes again ......

He,he!

I'm leaning towards the D875PBZ atm,
but I own the two others also....

So is there anyone out there running this setup with any of these boards?

Ricardo · Post by **Ricardo** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:09 am

I have the Intel 875PBZ with P1, Luna II and SRB 2. Runs like a dream!!! I have read numerous things about avoiding the 'Deluxe" boards. The Intel are extremely stable, and the 875PBZ has no extra 'frills' to worry about.

Post by **garyb** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:35 am

if you're not overclocking,an intel mobo is a very good choice.

munch · Post by **munch** » Mon May 24, 2004 12:41 pm

Hi Ricardo. Are you using Hyperthreading (ACPI mode) O.K on your 875PBZ?

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Mon May 24, 2004 12:46 pm

Not directed to me but..

Hyper Threading working 110% perfect on my D875PBZ, 3.2c system

Cheers!

munch · Post by **munch** » Mon May 24, 2004 1:29 pm

thank you........This is reassuring and encouraging for me.

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Mon May 24, 2004 3:21 pm

I have to agree with Basic Pitch.
I have the same Mobo, it´s absolutly smooth and stabil.

EDIT:
I feel very comfortable to have an absolutly Intel system, because every program is tested with an Intel system, the rest is only compatible.

[ This Message was edited by: ChrisWerner on 2004-05-24 16:27 ]

Ricardo · Post by **Ricardo** » Tue May 25, 2004 8:46 am

On 2004-05-24 13:41, munch wrote:
Hi Ricardo. Are you using Hyperthreading (ACPI mode) O.K on your 875PBZ?

Yes, with no ploblems at all.
Except with my spelling

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Ricardo (of the Clan 'Ricardo')

[ This Message was edited by: Ricardo on 2004-05-25 09:47 ]

munch · Post by **munch** » Wed May 26, 2004 4:01 am

Thanks for the replies. Just a few more days till I actually put the parts together and try my new system.

jea · Post by **jea** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:50 am

Hi!

I have the last week tested the D875PBZ with this configuration:

Intel D875PZ in ACPI PC mode, ACPI MPC mode,
P4 3GHz 800FSB,
2 GB ram DDR400,
80 GB system disk,
2x 74GB "Raptor" disks for audio & samples,

AGP =Matrox Parhelia,
PCI1 =Firewire I/O -TC PowerCoreFW -Motu 828mkII
PCI2 =UAD-1
PCI3 =UAD-1
PCI4 =Scope Pro (15DSP) without I/O card
PCI5 =Empty

It works, but when using inserts in the mixer in Nuendo, I can only use 1. If I load more than one insert, I get noises, regardless of what channel it is on.

Except for this, the D875PBZ is great.

Is the insert problem related to Nuendo or CW?

jea

Post by **hubird** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:26 pm

amazing...you guys really like this ehh? throw in the word mobo and there you go again...

[ This Message was edited by: hubird on 2004-06-02 20:27 ]

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:34 pm

Jea,

Not sure if this is 100% correct but depending on what version Powercore FW your running (not software but firmware build), I recall on the Nuendo forums reading something very similar was a fairly wide spread issue. I belive it had something to do with early batch of Powercore FW's.

Maybe do a search or ask over there aswell.

Cheers!

PS. After re-reading your post, if it ends up not being Powercore related there is 2 other majors I would look at aswell.

1) I have read alot of nightmare stories relating to PCI firewire expansion cards, some as VERY touchy, this could be a case of the same.

2) Now this is a *MAJOR*, and thats the evil four letter word on PC "MOTU" motu us notorious for having some of the worst drivers made for the PC, just do a nuendo search on MOTU and see the flood gates open in regards to crackling audio, and poor bandwidth when using there cards.

Cheers!

[ This Message was edited by: Basic Pitch on 2004-06-02 20:38 ]

jea · Post by **jea** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:26 pm

UPDATE:

I installed a I/O plate from one of my Pulsar II cards, and enabled the I/O's ....

Turned off the MOTU 828mkII ....

Started the PC ....

I went crazy adding plugins ....

Not a problem related to inserts anymore!!

I'm going to bed with a smile tonight!

jea

PS! Now I have to buy some A/D - D/A ....

.... and sell the MOTU's ....

jea · Post by **jea** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:28 pm

.... and you thank you Mr. Basic Pitch!

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:37 am

Happy to be able to help a fellow CW user,

I once had a 2408 MKII and it was a serious PCI problem monster so I knew that would be a likely culprit, especially on the Nuedo forums for PC guys, you can see loads of threads with similar issues.

I ditched the motu went with a Lynx and then followed up with my Scope card, all is well these days.

Glad it worked out for ya

jea · Post by **jea** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 5:13 pm

A question, are you using XTC mode?

And I/O thru Lynx?

jea

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:21 am

Hi again,

No the Lynx is in another PC, depending on how much I/O you need if you wanted to use the lynx you could do so via lightpipe.

Only reason I also have the lynx is 1) the converters are top notch and 2) the card is extremely reliable and stable, just a great performer.

Cheers!

jea · Post by **jea** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:51 pm

UPDATE:

I have dissed the Motu 828mkII completely from this setup.

Scope + Pulsar II, 2x UAD-1's, TC Powercore FW.

Everything runs smooth atm.

I'm going to finish the PC soon, then I will do a realworld "stress test".

I'm running 38 audiotracks @ 44.1k 24 bits @ 4ms XTC mode, 60% of the 2 UAD-1's, etc atm.

Working without any glitches.