[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:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>         
>         
>         
>         On 23/12/2007, Farran <fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>         
>                 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:
>                 
>                 > 
>                 > 
>                 > 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. 
>                 >         
>                 >         
>                 >         
>                 >         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 
>                 >         
>                 >         
>                 >         --
>                 >         ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
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>                 >         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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>                 
>         
>         
>         They are all SLi, that I'm aware. That will run fine.
>         
>         
>         
>         -- 
>         Kris Douglas
>               Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>         
>               Web: www.softdel.net
>               Mail: kris at softdel.net
> 
> 
> Maybe its not *shrug*
> 
> -- 
> Kris Douglas
>       Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> 
>       Web: www.softdel.net
>       Mail: kris at softdel.net
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