Thank you, Rev. I was just reading similar news regarding the SX3 release which can utilize up to 4 gigs of Ram. The 64 bit technology is coming fast.
I checked with MOTU (because I use an MkII for I/O) and they had good reviews of users employing the Athlon 64 cpu. If there was a significant difference in price between the 32 or 64 bit I may go conservative knowing some of the benefit may not come for a while. In this case the price is right.
Proposed system
Asus KV8 mb with Athlon 64 3200 (1600 fsb) $ 269
2 Corsair PC3200 DDR dual channel 512 Mb $ 100 ea
currently investigating other bits.
Looking now to find some cooling that is nice and quiet. Perhaps a new thread??
Ciao
JAC