On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > this was one I was looking at too, > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199, > but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at > all? > > Farran > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 [image: :P] Farran > > PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter [image: :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<https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899> > Fine > 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> > Thats fine. > 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> > Thats fine > Corsair 550W VX Series > PSU<https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383> > Thats fine > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 > 16MB<https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793> > Thats fine > Gigabyte Poseidon > Silver<https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865> > Ooh shiny > 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> > Thats alright > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB > PCI-E<https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843> > 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] > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > They get more ugly as they get bigger.. But unless you intend to play > games...meh. Your choice, 84,85,= all trouble for me for some reason, the > 86, 88 = fine. > > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > > Web: www.softdel.net > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > They are all SLi, that I'm aware. That will run fine.
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