<div>On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <<a href="mailto:webbox.uk@gmail.com">webbox.uk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div>On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <<a href="mailto:webbox.uk@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> webbox.uk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div>On 23/12/2007, Farran <<a href="mailto:fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> this was one I was looking at too, <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199</a>, but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at all? Farran<div> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: <blockquote type="CITE"> </blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> On 23/12/2007, Farran <<a href="mailto:fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com</a>> wrote: </blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> how about this? <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+</a> Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good. </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +0000, Farran wrote: <blockquote type="CITE"> 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 <img src="cid:1198435579.3137.19.camel@debianbella" alt=":P" align="middle" border="0"> Farran PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter <img src="cid:1198435606.3137.21.camel@debianbella" alt=":D" align="middle" border="0"> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: <blockquote type="CITE"> On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <<a href="mailto:mailgroups@varga.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> mailgroups@varga.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote> 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 > <<a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899</a>> > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB) > < <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923</a>> > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black > <<a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919</a>> > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU > <<a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383</a>> > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB > <<a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793</a>> > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver > <<a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865</a>> > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775) > <<a href="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" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 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</a>> > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E > < <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843</a>> > > Thanks -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk </a> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote> <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard</a> Fine <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)</a> Thats fine. <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black</a> Thats fine <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> Corsair 550W VX Series PSU</a> Thats fine <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB</a> Thats fine <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> Gigabyte Poseidon Silver</a> Ooh shiny <a href="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" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)</a> Thats alright <a href="https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E </a> Acts a bit funny in Ubuntu from me experience, try a 256/320 8600GT/GS -- Kris Douglas       Softdel Limited Hosting Services       Web: <a href="http://www.softdel.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.softdel.net</a>       Mail: <a href="mailto:kris@softdel.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">kris@softdel.net</a> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> 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: <a href="http://www.softdel.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.softdel.net</a>       Mail: <a href="mailto:kris@softdel.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">kris@softdel.net</a> </blockquote> </div></div> -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote> </div> </div> They are all SLi, that I'm aware. That will run fine.<div> -- Kris Douglas       Softdel Limited Hosting Services       Web: <a href="http://www.softdel.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> www.softdel.net</a>       Mail: <a href="mailto:kris@softdel.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">kris@softdel.net</a> </div></blockquote></div> </div>Maybe its not *shrug*<div> -- Kris Douglas       Softdel Limited Hosting Services       Web: <a href="http://www.softdel.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> www.softdel.net</a>       Mail: <a href="mailto:kris@softdel.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">kris@softdel.net</a> </div></blockquote></div> Should be no need to bother, also, i've noticed you keep top posing, on Mailing Lists you are generally asked to reply after quoted text. -- Kris Douglas       Softdel Limited Hosting Services       Web: <a href="http://www.softdel.net">www.softdel.net</a>       Mail: <a href="mailto:kris@softdel.net">kris@softdel.net</a>