But I had a lot of details to write down. I tested heavily the new mainboard and CPU,
and updating this text file during the various steps of my tests for 2 days.
MSI B75A-G43 intel B75 chipset, 3 legacy PCI slots
CUPU i7 3770K at default 3.5Ghz (intel turbo boost enabled)
Corsair 16gb RAM at 1600 Hz
Asus Radeon HD7850 2gb RAM
WD Raptor 74Gb (with WIN7) connected to SATA3 port.
+ WD Black 1Tb + WD Blue 1Tb + WD 320Gb SATA2 conencted to SATA2 ports
PSU Tagan U22-580W
Windows 7 64bit Home Premium
Scope 5.1 - 48KHz - 23ms latency (it has always been my usual use)
Consider that I didnt' reinstall Windows 7 or Scope 5.1...
I just connected my actual hard disks to the new motherboard (outside of the DAW case) and just messed a bit with drivers updating.
This system seems more stable and quicker than my previous P965 chipset DFI mobo with Q6600 CPU...
Cubase now is playing my projects without any glitches/crackles/pops anymore
and this alone is making me really happy!
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Actually the Masterverb test is disappointing... a crap I dare to say...
but during the practical use it's performing very fine for my usual needs.
I tried to increase PCI latency timer from 64 to 128 and updated to latest BIOS version but didn't change the Masterverb test PCI limits warning.
Changing the slot from the 3rd (the more external) to the 2nd (central) PCI slot
seems to not bring big difference.
But on the 3rd slot the Pulsar has IRQ 18 all for itself alone,
while on 2nd slot gets IRQ 17 and so you can see with what share it from the image I attach.
I didn't tried slot 1 for now (cause the HD7850 videocard is two slot wide).
I will try another day perhaps removing that and using the onboard videocard.