[ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

Farran fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com
Sun Dec 23 19:55:22 GMT 2007


On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:52 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
>         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 
>         >                 >         
>         >                 >         
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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 
>         >                 > 
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>         >                 >       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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> 
> 
> Not at all, it's not associated. DDR3 on the card is good. DDR3 on the
> motherboards is good if you can get one that supports it. But DDR3
> will work fine on a gfx card on any motherboard, it only talks to the
> GPU. 
> 
> -- 
> Kris Douglas
>       Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> 
>       Web: www.softdel.net
>       Mail: kris at softdel.net


So just to confirm, I can have a DDR3 graphics card with a DDR2 m/b?
Thanks, that helps a lot.

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Farran Lee
I'm only 15 :P
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