okay. Also (sorry :P) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to support DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does it matter if the graphics card is GDDR3 and the m/b isn't? I'm restricted from a lot of cards simply because I declined from DDR3.
Farran On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:45 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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 :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] > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > > Web: www.softdel.net > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Maybe its not *shrug* > > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > > Web: www.softdel.net > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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