<div>On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <<a href="mailto:mailgroups@varga.co.uk">mailgroups@varga.co.uk</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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"> 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">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">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">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">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">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"> 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">https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843</a>> > > Thanks -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/"> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div> <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> <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)"> </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">www.softdel.net</a>       Mail: <a href="mailto:kris@softdel.net">kris@softdel.net</a>