In August 2007 I bought parts for a new computer featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo and Windows XP (32 bit) and decided to build it myself.  Most parts were supplied by Newegg.com.  I built this machine to be as quiet as I could and to support overclocking; I intended to use it as a digital audio workstation and a programming workstation. The use case as a DAW did not work out, but lots of programming was done.

Contents

1. System configuration
2. Installing hardware
   1. Motherboard
   2. CPU fan
   3. Memory
   4. USB
   5. Case and Power supply
   6. Card reader
   7. Floppy drive
   8. DVD drives
   9. Video card
   10. Parallel Port
3. Installing software
   1. PC Probe
   2. ASUS Update
   3. ASUS Ai Booster
   4. HP Deskjet 3845 printer drivers
4. Overclocking
5. Audio software
   1. Realtek sound manager
   2. Windows settings
   3. ASIO driver
6. Unresolved problems
7. ASUS Contact Info
8. My new workstation
9. Sound studio setup

System Configuration

• ASUS motherboard P5W DH Deluxe/Wifi-AP Green s/n 69M0AG117840 with v1305 (later updated to v1407) of the AMI BIOS 08/28/06 • Software updates • manual • ASUS forum • (Newegg) • Online support
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.133GHz 775 socket • (Newegg)
• New: GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev 2) • BIOS FA • manual • Tech support • 1-626-8549338 x3
• Old: XFX 7300GT 256MB PVT73EUDJ3 dual DVI video card • (Newegg)
• Antec P183 black case • (Newegg) • Online technical support 1-800-222-6832
  Time: 8:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Time, Monday to Friday
• Antec Phantom 500 watt power supply • manual • (Newegg)
• Zalman CNPS9500 CPU fan • (Newegg)
• Mitsumi 1.44MB floppy D359M3D/D359M3B • (Newegg)
• CORSAIR DDR2 RAM 2x1GB TWIN2X2048-6400 • (Newegg)
• Link Depot 24" ATA133 UV Cable 3-Connectors Model UV-ATA24-SL-3 • (Newegg)
• Two NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE/ATAPI DVD Burners • support or call (801) 401-1466 for assistance Monday-Friday, 5:00 a.m. . 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. • (Newegg)
• Maxtor L01R500 500GB SATAII/300 hard drive • Fry's
• Atech Flash Xm-4U 11-in-1 USB 2.0 Black Internal card reader • (Newegg)
• Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste 3.5gr • (Newegg)
• SIIG CyberParallel PCI Part #: JJ-P00112-S5
• Rosewill Single Parallel (SPP/PS2/EPP/ECP) Universal PCI card Model RC-302 • (Newegg)
• Ergotron LX Dual Desk Mount Arm 45-179-195 • Support • 800-888-8458 • manual
• Samsung 204B 20" LCD monitor (Manual)
• Dell 2007FP 20" LCD monitor
• HP Deskjet 3845 printer

Also obtained:

• Windows XP SP2 Home edition • (NewEgg)