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Quantum:
--- Quote from: texasboy on January 22, 2008, 07:52:11 am --- ;D OK got the pentium 4 3.0GHZ 2MB Cache socket 775 for under £20 on e-bay. Now for an extra £11 need opinion on the following Mobo. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131143/show_product_specifications The original mobo will be ok, and all I need is thermal paste and a suitable Case from £10-17. . So all in all a very cheap build. All sorts of connectors and fans lying around.
cheers
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That mobo looks fine, just make sure it supports your type of RAM and stuff. I've never had a problem with an ASRock mobo (though funilly enough, their owners ASUS I've has endless problems with).
Seems to have both a PCI-e and AGP graphics slots, will be good if you ever find get given a better PCI-e graphics card I guess :P
texasboy:
Tks,
I kinda liked the specs on that mobo. I can always borrow the 2 GB mem from the PCI-E PC upstairs for a trial run. Provided my eyesight still allows me to wire up the mobo correctly lol. Theres plenty of ram out there at good prices if this works . The old HP case has had its day and might be a bit crowded with the new graphics card(its a monster), so I will look around for a reasonably priced case which everything will fit into comfortably,allowing me to add fans as needed. For a general purpose PC it will do for quite a while.
cheers
texasboy:
;D As an update. Had a look at the new AGP x1950 Pro HIS card. It says on the box Turbo 594mzh engine speed and 1.54GHZ mem speed which is different from my original link. I presume this is still reasonable?
cheers
Quantum:
--- Quote from: texasboy on January 25, 2008, 07:29:07 am --- ;D As an update. Had a look at the new AGP x1950 Pro HIS card. It says on the box Turbo 594mzh engine speed and 1.54GHZ mem speed which is different from my original link. I presume this is still reasonable?
cheers
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:/, the Pro isn't as good as the XT, but it's still pretty good.
texasboy:
Got the mobo Gigabyte 775 Intel GA-8I865GME-775-RH 865G/ICH5 FSB800 8xAGP onboard VGA 2xDual CH DDR 400 6Channel Audio Micro ATX Motherboard
locally for £35 at MPLEX, plus a reasonable case for £25. Now all I have to do is find the time to start putting all this together. Finally got the SLI rig up and running in the other PC,after 2 complete windows formats,(due to careless overclocking.lol). Updated all the drivers I can think of,but probably still a few more to go. Graphics seem excellent and most downloads in the 500-600kbs range. Had a little bit of a panic when I added an additional 120mm fan to the back of the case behind the Artic cooler7 pro heat sink. Temps started rising from the low 40`s to 51+, Had the fan blowing the wrong way. Changed, and temps now 28-35 range.
Will let you know any problems on the new rig as I go along.
cheers
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