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PC Music Server construction help - parts selection

post #1 of 4
12/17/10 at 12:25pm
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I would like to assemble an PC based music server.  I started with the recipe posted on the Genesis audio website thinking that would be a good foundation.  The suggested parts, however, are a bit dated and I am looking for advice on updating a few of them.

Motherboard - Intel DG43GT - this board is available but i suspect there may be a newer offering that might perform better.  The intel supports DDR2 800 ram and I wonder if DDR 3 memory would be preferred.

In addition, I was initially thinking of using USB out of the server into a Hiface converter to run a coax spdif cable into my EE Minimax DAC.  Has anyone tried using a motherboard with a coax spdif header and rigging up a diy cable from the header to a good quality rca female attached to the back plate of the pc?  Would this underperform or outperfom the hiface (jkeny mod)?

I would appreciate any ideas you might have.

Thanks

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post #2 of 4
12/17/10 at 12:31pm

We too in singapore are thinking of a way to build a high end music server - this is the works and discussion based upon research and development of the community, feel free to chime in.

http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=86729.0

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post #3 of 4
12/17/10 at 12:42pm

http://www.cicsmemoryplayer.com/index.php?n=CMP.05Components

 

http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=pcaudio&m=27041

 

maybe you can gleen some info here beyersmile.png

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post #4 of 4
12/17/10 at 1:30pm
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Thanks for the leads gents.

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