[ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <mailgroups at varga.co.uk> 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
>
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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>
<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

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Kris Douglas
      Softdel Limited Hosting Services

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