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| 523146 | 2007-02-06 05:36:00 | I'm going to build a PC. I've found these Mobos:GA- MddSLI -S4, GA M61PM-S2 & ASUS - M2V. The last one has 4 PCI slots whereas the other two have only 2 each. I intend to have a PCI modem and a Soundcard. Don't know if 2 PCI are enough. Wish to get superb graphics but not a game guy. Also just a kid in PC subject. So could you please give me a piece of advise as to which of these should I choose or none of them at all. Also these Mobos are 1000MHz FSB. That means only 1GHz. So how would I choose a faster CPU and which? Thanks. |
ramu (726) | ||
| 523147 | 2007-02-06 05:59:00 | For the video card that won't be PCI slot. Its a diff slot, if the motherboard does not have then I suggest you find a different motherboard. These ones uses PCI-X or PCI Express slots or the former AGP slot, the PCI are Pentium One days. For soundcard most are incl in the motherboard for free unless you want a better one. For PCI modem best are external, PCI will do I guess, for dialup. For ADSL broadband best to get external. FSB has nothing to do with the CPU speed, look for the motherboard and see what CPU it supports. Generally speaking for nForce chipset for AMD CPU or Intel chipset for Intel CPUs. However if you are just a casual gamer you may well find the cheap SiS chipsets or such suits your needs or VIA chipset. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 523148 | 2007-02-06 06:24:00 | For PCI modem best are external, PCI will do I guess, for dialup. For ADSL broadband best to get external.What criteria do you use to make those comments? Internal ADSL modems actually work great. And they're really inexpensive. | Greg (193) | ||
| 523149 | 2007-02-06 06:39:00 | Internal dialup modems are all winmodems now. No big deal these days but can be an issue if you're rural. I've found my old serial modem is bullet proof and excellent for testing purposes where a winmodem may fail. But I doubt 4 pci slots are really necessary now. Onboard sound is fine, you'll get onboard LAN too so unless you are going to be on dialup forget it. However my preference is for ASUS over Gigabyte. Just a personal preference. I'd probably look at one of the other ASUS boards....... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 523150 | 2007-02-06 08:36:00 | What criteria do you use to make those comments? Internal ADSL modems actually work great. And they're really inexpensive. Internal ADSL modems are cheap and work OK, but they lack the sensitivity of an external modem (important only in fringe areas). But the main limitation is that unless you take a lot of precautions they open your PC up to everyone, they do not have NAT, as ethernet ones do. Demonstrated that to a local business, that their internal ADSL modem allowed major access to their system, they had an external NAT ethernet one installed by the end of the day. But with appropriate firewalls and settings it's OK, just not so good for the unaware. But I thought the comment related to PCI dial-ups, which I avoid. One of my installations is rural, and a PCI will not stay connected (electric fence) but the external RS232 delives a whole 2 kB/s download.... |
godfather (25) | ||
| 523151 | 2007-02-07 05:51:00 | Thanks to you all for your eye-opener suggestions. ramu | ramu (726) | ||
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