[ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility
Farran
fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com
Sun Dec 23 19:36:08 GMT 2007
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:
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>
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> On 23/12/2007, Farran <fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com> 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.
>
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>
> 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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>
>
> 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: kris at softdel.net
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