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Originally Posted by CrC-3rr0r
Dont throw away your old DDR and AGP card just yet.....
If like me all your machines are dated like Socket A / AGP and plain old DDR then this could a big hit without shelling out a fortune buying PCI Express graphics cards / DDR2 memory.
Yes this is not pretty and chipset mixing will lose u a little performance /zero overclocking potential but is certainly something you could do if you're on a budget or just want to test the Dual Core Platform.
Prices off ebuyer...
E6300 - £117.50 inc (Good overclocker which you can keep for later when you get proper hardware)
E6400 - £153.94 inc
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/377/14/
ASRock 775DUAL-VSTA SKT 775 - £38.58 inc (it doesnt have firewire though  ) but a good search around will prolly reap a good few better boards in the pricerange or maybe even at the £30 mark |
I got one of those boards on Saturday, with a E6600. I currently have 1 Gig DDR (PC400) RAM, and a GForce 6600 AGP. I'll be replacing the Memory when I get some more money, but the Graphics Card will have to wait until DX10 cards come down to a reasonable price.
I'm pretty sure I am not getting the best performance I could for games, but that's probably due to my card being AGP. I have to admit, while good performance in Games is nice, it's not a major point for me, as I tend to use the Xbox 360 for games anyway.
But, for DVD and Video work, it rocks. Nero was encoding a DVD at almost 400 frames a second!