Need help please :)

Gibson · 04-18-2007, 04:17 PM

Hi,

I want to buy a new motherboard but need a little help as I'm not very good on mobo's!

What I would like the motherboard to have is:

Core 2 duo compat
DDR2 RAM slots
AGP x8
PCie(not very good on the x part of it lol)
2 x The standard harddrive connection(i think its IDE?!?)
Quite a few standard PCI slots

Are there any motherboards out there that are good (asus/gigabit) but not massively expensive!

Hope that's enough info

Kornowski · 04-18-2007, 04:23 PM

I know of one board that has the DDR2 and DDR (not at the same time though), AGPx8, PCI-e (x4, I think) and an LGA775 (for Intel Core 2 Duos)... Although I'm not sure on the number of IDE ports it has...

ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/124950

P.S. Do you own a Gibson?

Gibson · 04-18-2007, 04:37 PM

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. That's the second time I've been pointed to that board

The trouble is I've had an Asrock board before and it caused nothing but trouble . Is this the case with all Asrock boards?

Also yes i do own a Gibson (a Gibson Nighthawk Custom along with 5 other electrics (mainly Fenders lol)) Do you play then?

Cheers for your help!

Kornowski · 04-18-2007, 04:43 PM

I think it's the only or one of the only boards out there that has what you've asked for.

I have an ASRock board at the moment and it's fine.

Damn you!

I've got a very nice LP copy, Yamaha Pacifica Strat and a Yamaha acoustic

**dragon2309** · 04-18-2007, 04:55 PM

There is AN asus board somewhere with still with AGP 8x + the new stuff, ill go check if i can find it again...

dragon

*EDIT* - hmm, cant find the asus one, there is this rather cruddy ECS one, that has gone out of stock, - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119662

*EDIT 2* - found the one i was thinking of, but my mistake, it doesnt have DDR2 support - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=113970

Gibson · 04-18-2007, 05:02 PM

Hi,

Thanks again for the replies! I guess I'll have to go with the ASRock one!. Another question whats the best core 2 duo CPU to go on this board but again not massively expensive lol! (I know they will be more that the £40 mobo lol )

Can you play well?

Thanks

Kornowski · 04-18-2007, 05:10 PM

It looks like a pretty decent board...
I've just bought the E6300 for £107, the prices are going to come down too.

I've been playing 2 years now, Yeah, I like to think I'm pretty good, What about you?

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oID=1397038850

**dragon2309** · 04-18-2007, 05:17 PM

Yeh, if you wait 4 days (April 22nd) intel are lowering all of the core2duo prices, so hold off on that for a few days. I would siggest either the e6300 or the e6400 depending on its price when they drop

dragon

Gibson · 04-18-2007, 05:25 PM

Thanks for that Dragon(Fortunatly I haven't quite got the funds together until next weeks so that will work out well!)

Yeah Kornowski i couldn't view the Led Zeppelin one(i hope it was Zeppelin lol) were you playing on the terminal velocity one? If so it was good

I've been playing about 5 years(ish) now i would give you an example but I have none on the internet at the moment(I'm actually working on some stuff now!) I shall tell you my styles i like though. I love Classic Rock/ I'm into some of the shred guitarists like Via and john 5 but i also love country rock type stuff like albert lee and brent mason. So i love a range of music lol!

Thanks again for all your help

Kornowski · 04-18-2007, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gibson

Thanks for that Dragon(Fortunatly I haven't quite got the funds together until next weeks so that will work out well!)

Yeah Kornowski i couldn't view the Led Zeppelin one(i hope it was Zeppelin lol) were you playing on the terminal velocity one? If so it was good

I've been playing about 5 years(ish) now i would give you an example but I have none on the internet at the moment(I'm actually working on some stuff now!) I shall tell you my styles i like though. I love Classic Rock/ I'm into some of the shred guitarists like Via and john 5 but i also love country rock type stuff like albert lee and brent mason. So i love a range of music lol!

Thanks again for all your help

Yeah, It'll work out great for you, the ASRock board has a lot of features and would be good if you want to upgrade gradually...

Yeah, of course it was Led Zep, what else!

Yeah, Thats my band, it was also aaages ago, lol. Thanks

Cool, thats a long time! Classic rock is by far my favourite type of music, you just can't go wrong!

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Gibson Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 81	Need help please :) Hi, I want to buy a new motherboard but need a little help as I'm not very good on mobo's! What I would like the motherboard to have is: Core 2 duo compat DDR2 RAM slots AGP x8 PCie(not very good on the x part of it lol) 2 x The standard harddrive connection(i think its IDE?!?) Quite a few standard PCI slots Are there any motherboards out there that are good (asus/gigabit) but not massively expensive! Hope that's enough info

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,332	There is AN asus board somewhere with still with AGP 8x + the new stuff, ill go check if i can find it again... dragon EDIT - hmm, cant find the asus one, there is this rather cruddy ECS one, that has gone out of stock, - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119662 EDIT 2 - found the one i was thinking of, but my mistake, it doesnt have DDR2 support - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=113970 __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek Last edited by dragon2309; 04-18-2007 at 05:00 PM.

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,332	Yeh, if you wait 4 days (April 22nd) intel are lowering all of the core2duo prices, so hold off on that for a few days. I would siggest either the e6300 or the e6400 depending on its price when they drop dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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04-18-2007, 04:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gibson Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 81	Hi, Thanks for the reply. That's the second time I've been pointed to that board The trouble is I've had an Asrock board before and it caused nothing but trouble . Is this the case with all Asrock boards? Also yes i do own a Gibson (a Gibson Nighthawk Custom along with 5 other electrics (mainly Fenders lol)) Do you play then? Cheers for your help!

04-18-2007, 05:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gibson Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 81	Hi, Thanks again for the replies! I guess I'll have to go with the ASRock one!. Another question whats the best core 2 duo CPU to go on this board but again not massively expensive lol! (I know they will be more that the £40 mobo lol ) Can you play well? Thanks

04-18-2007, 05:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
Gibson Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 81	Thanks for that Dragon(Fortunatly I haven't quite got the funds together until next weeks so that will work out well!) Yeah Kornowski i couldn't view the Led Zeppelin one(i hope it was Zeppelin lol) were you playing on the terminal velocity one? If so it was good I've been playing about 5 years(ish) now i would give you an example but I have none on the internet at the moment(I'm actually working on some stuff now!) I shall tell you my styles i like though. I love Classic Rock/ I'm into some of the shred guitarists like Via and john 5 but i also love country rock type stuff like albert lee and brent mason. So i love a range of music lol! Thanks again for all your help