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RE: Choice of H55M Mobo for i3 530 32mn CPU

Thanks Jack, for your detailed reply.

I take your point about the limitations of the Musiland and the flexibility offered by an m-ATX board like the UD2H - for example, upgrading to an on-board soundcard (like the juli@). Also, I can foresee that an m-ITX board will necessarily restrict the choice of coolers one can fit (due to space limitations). However, I really like the notion of making everything as compact and power efficient as possible and putting it in a smallish box. So, for now, I am pursuing the idea of an m-ITX board.

Just to be clear, I am using a Musiland 01USD and outputting via coax to a quality DAC. Overall SQ with GA-G31-S12L (my current mobo) is good but if I could go another 15-20% improvement with GA-H55N-USB3 + i3-530 then I would be more than happy. Famous last words! I will certainly report back my experience - good or bad.

As an aside, do you have any opinion of ION boards? I suspect their bias towards graphics would make them less than ideal for audio.

Regards,


Edits: 07/01/10
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