Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

The Asrock boards are proper AGP. ECS released a board that did use the pci bridge to fake an AGP :)

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

OK thanks for the info mate.

Was looking for a PCI-e card : shesh things have moved on so much over the past couple of years.

I'm not really interested in games (its a nice to have).

I'm more interested in a card that can produce QUALITY TV/HD out tv(s video) out preferred at the moment as my home CAT5 a/v network is scart based

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

Ah fair enough then :-) shame its a via chipset really, they seem to have fallen by the wayside since ati/nvidia have been making chipsets as well. seems it's a poor overclocker too if it can only hit 290fsb, i thought the nv 590i was bad enough in that it maxed out at 325fsb.

The 680i from nvidia is a much better overclocker as it hits the 450+ ballpark that the intel chipsets do and some more.

Still its cheap :-) i'm tempted to make up a nat type box from bargain basement like parts.

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

Yeh we all know it's a shi***te mobo but it's great as a cheap upgrade path.

If you're a hardcore overclocker with time to waste then this thread will have you in stitches ! LOL These boys are trying all sorts to get extra mhz outa this board - waste of time IMHO.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=17610938

You can get this board then OC your E6400 to hell when you finally get some decent kit :)

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MB-174-AS what do you think about this board? im desperate to try this E6600 on something with no intel chipset

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

Not so. There's a universal AGP slot that has no notches, so you can fit any AGP card. I know this because I found out the hard way. When I went from my Athlon 750MHz with a 2x/4x card (before I knew anything about 8x AGP voltages) I got a new mobo (ASUS with 8x slot) which had a universal slot. A plain 4x card would work ok with the mobo, but an older 2x/4x card would not. It had the notches on the GFX card itself, but because the slot didn't have any 'stoppers' to fit in the notches, the card went in fine. Turned machine on. Had a problem in the BIOS with the AGP settings, wasn't sure why. 5 mins later, the mobo died. Did some research. Sent mobo back to Scan and claimed it was faulty as received :rolleyes:

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

I'm up n running boys...

Stock fan is suprisingly quet along with my modded PSU all the main noise is coming from the gpu

Excuse the mess on my desk and my smoking habits ;) : Anyone for a drink.

I'll have to install something on it now : Later I mean grrrr have chores to do now

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

mate, ask your missus for an ashtry for xmas ;)

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

Couldn't resist just loaded up Kororaa :

HOLY crap THIS THING FLIES !

Anyone know any linux benchmarking tools ?

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

thats not a Qtec power supply is it?

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

Just checked

LOL yeh shoot me : Cheap n nasty... I slapped some quiet fans in there a few years back.... rated at 400W should be enough

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

I've got a Qtec psu in my machine :(

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

Qtec are bad the 12 volt 4 pin dont last and I had one go pop on a machine on test the other day :Yikes:

mind you Crc yours seems to have lasted

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

I know they are rubbish but mine's been ok for 3 years.

Hope it lasts another 6 months till i can get nice new C2D system.

Re: Get up and running with Dual Core for around £155inc
 

I'd avoid it, It has the same C19 northbridge as the 590i which caps out at 325mhz, you can get much higher fsb's out of the intel chips and the 680i, the AMD.ATI RD600 chipset should arive sometime soon though it's abit of a stillborn as only asus and dfi are going to make a board based on it and its the last chipset to be built by ati for intel cpu's for obvious reasons.

Conroe's / Allendales do like to give you free speed due to how cold they run. You should be able to get 3.5GHz out of that E6600 on air cooling no sweat with a good mobo.

Oh and welcome to the C2D owners club CrC-3rr0r. They really are blindingly quick chips!