how about this? https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics +Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G +PCI-E+ Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good.
On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +0000, Farran wrote: > thanks to you both > just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card... > What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, > and if I do, will it help? > > Cheers :P Farran > > PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter :D > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > > > On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear > > from ECS... > > > > I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been > > nothing but > > trouble... > > > > Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, > > and poor > > bioses... urgh.... > > > > The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I > > honestly ended > > up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to > > make them > > more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they > > just forgot > > the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, > > etc... > > > > Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk... > > > > Lee > > > > > > Farran wrote: > > > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much > > cheaper range > > > of products than Novatech. > > > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to > > look over > > > the components just to check they are compatible with each > > other and > > > with Linux: > > > > > > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard > > > > > > > <https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899> > > > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB) > > > < > > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2 > > +800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+% > > 282X2GB%29+?productId=28923> > > > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black > > > <https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD > > +Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA > > +-+Black+?productId=29919> > > > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU > > > <https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power > > +Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU > > +?productId=29383> > > > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB > > > <https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard > > +Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB > > +?productId=24793> > > > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver > > > <https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI > > +Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865> > > > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail > > 775) > > > <https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F > > +Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q6600+2.4GHz > > +95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29+?productId=28356> > > > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E > > > < https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce > > +8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843> > > > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard > > Fine > > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB) > > Thats fine. > > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black > > Thats fine > > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU > > Thats fine > > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB > > Thats fine > > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver > > Ooh shiny > > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775) > > Thats alright > > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E > > Acts a bit funny in Ubuntu from me experience, try a 256/320 > > 8600GT/GS > > > > -- > > Kris Douglas > > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > > > > Web: www.softdel.net > > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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