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| Thread ID: 83996 | 2007-10-20 21:20:00 | What motherboard? | Glenn Webster (7620) | Press F1 |
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| 603565 | 2007-10-20 21:20:00 | Your article "Fast Fours"in the October issue provides a wonderful guide for my first build-it myself PC but no mention is made of what motherboards are used. "The Beast" will no doubt go some way towards filling this lacunae but for a machine biased more towards surfing and scanning than games could you recommend some options? |
Glenn Webster (7620) | ||
| 603566 | 2007-10-20 22:01:00 | Well that depends on: 1. How much you can afford or want to spend 2. And whether you want AM2 (AMD), Intel 775 / Duo Core / Quad Core. 3. And what you want on it (USB 2 / SATA / Firewire / 8 channel sound etc). There's Gigabyte, MSI, Intel, and a few other motherboards, inc ASUS. I've never had anything else, BUT ASUS. Which, I would say, quite a people in here would use. If you're not too fussy, about playing games on it, a 775 or AM2 motherboard with video onboard, will be good enough. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 603567 | 2007-10-21 00:24:00 | Well,cost is of moderate importance.I don't want to spend tens of thousands but do want a machine that will serve well for three or four years so am willing to err on the generous side. Definitely Intel.Lets assume the Core 2 Quad Q6600 as a starting point with the following other bits: Lian-Li PC-6070 case; Vigor Gaming Monsoon II Lite CPU Cooler; Antec VCool graphics card cooler; 2 x Western Digital Raptor hard drives in a striped RAID array for the o/s; 2 x 500GB storage drives; Hauppauge WinTV HVR-3000 TV tuner 4GB RAM wireless networking; GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB graphics card; HD DVD ROM drive |
Glenn Webster (7620) | ||
| 603568 | 2007-10-21 00:39:00 | I'd recommend either the Abit IP35 or ASUS P5K-E, both use the Intel P35 chipset and have a solid feature set. Based on the video card choice is it safe to assume your not a gamer? Intel has just released the X38 chipset but its only main advantage over the P35 is extra PCIe lanes for running Crossfire, a feature that wont be of any use to a non gamer. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 603569 | 2007-10-21 02:53:00 | Thank you gentlemen.No not a gamer but will be running the occasional game. Would like to see if Halo is as good as the books that spun off from it. Do you think the GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB graphics card is below the sweet spot for the other hardware and the stated purposes or sufficient unto the job? I do intend this to link into HDTV and a moderate home theater system. |
Glenn Webster (7620) | ||
| 603570 | 2007-10-21 05:12:00 | ASUS. | pctek (84) | ||
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