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Gigabyte 2 oz copper-board: Anyone heard a difference ?

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In Reply to: RE: cPlay - the open source high-end audio player using ASIO posted by cics on May 05, 2008 at 12:31:58

I am thinking to build a new Audio PC and thinking about the choices:

- Atom 32nm Board vs
- ITX vs
- uATX

I am leaning towards Lynx with PCIe (have as well the Julia, like the Lynx better).

Must be a bios which can be adjusted to undervolt etc...so Z77 most likely.

I am thinking to get a 22nm CPU...question there: i3 ? or I7 and then switch off the unneccesasary cores via bios ?

Choices over choices. One question: has anyone an opion about the GIgabyte 2 oz copper boards ? Will they sound better ?

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I have used both - I think it is for reliability not performance - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 07:30:16 04/30/12 (0)
Ironically the thinner sheet would actually be better for high frequencies which is not an issue for us at the speeds we ask of our boards.

So I figure it is only for ruggedness.

One could argue that the thicker material might further slow down the MB. But that is pushing to outer limits of tweak obsessives!

The best sounding MB I have ever used has the standard weight copper but I am sure that aspect has nothing to do with its performance.

I am using the board Jack Wong recommended - GIGABYTE H61MA-S2H.
RE: Gigabyte 2 oz copper-board: Anyone heard a difference ? - Douwe01nl 01:08:59 04/30/12 (1)
When i changed from GA-H55M + i3-530 to a Atom-based Asrock board, it was a huge SQ-improvement. I think because of lack of (unneeded) functionality on the Asrock, like hdmi, dvi, usb3 chips. The Atom can upsample to 88.2, which is ok for me, my dac upsamples to 172. So i would ssay pick the smallest board with the least funcionality. Also count the number of coils (don't remember the right enlish wrd), it can give some info about stability of powerlines on the board
- Chokes You Mean. nt - smicyta 09:15:36 04/30/12 (0)
It is only just a question - steppe 12:43:15 04/29/12 (0)
of i3 or i7, I think?
Hello,
I think it is the choice between i3 and i7. If it is i3, it means less problems with "intracore timmings", but no videocard, and the processor using memory for video, while with i7 you NEED an individual videocard, get highier, IIRC, voltage from the start, but will free memory.
Also, keep in mind, that going ultra slim registry way, You will in the end see, that You have to choose, if it's removing Lynx mixer (hardware) settings from the registry, or keeping them, (which add 32 kb to the system hive). If You remove the mixer settings from the registry, Lynx will be working in +4bdv professional analog output regime, and You can damage inputs of the home (not pro) preamp, If You will be using a dac, I think it makes no difference, but isn't Lynx set for 48 not 44,1 by default?
Serge.

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