[ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

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 <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
> >         
> >         --
> >         ubuntu-uk at 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: kris at softdel.net
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