[ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility
Farran
fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com
Sun Dec 23 19:49:24 GMT 2007
okay. Also (sorry :P) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to support
DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does it matter if the graphics
card is GDDR3 and the m/b isn't? I'm restricted from a lot of cards
simply because I declined from DDR3.
Farran
On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:45 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote:
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> On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 23/12/2007, Farran <fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> 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?
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> Farran
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> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote:
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> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com>
> > wrote:
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> > 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:
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> > > 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:
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> > > > 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
> >
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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> --
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> They are all SLi, that I'm aware. That will run fine.
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> --
> Kris Douglas
> Softdel Limited Hosting Services
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> Web: www.softdel.net
> Mail: kris at softdel.net
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> Maybe its not *shrug*
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> --
> Kris Douglas
> Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
> Web: www.softdel.net
> Mail: kris at softdel.net
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