Asustek S939 nForce4 SLI X16 ATX A L R

[notawhizwithcomps]

Hi there Guys,

Just joined this forum and i would like some help deciding on a Mobo to purchase for my new Computer that i am getting built..i have found one that looks fairly decent but im not totally sure..one question i have is do motherboards have a standard number of PCI slots?..i have pasted this link to the mobo i am thinking about

http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...=11143,43850000,4294959021,50626&v=2#infoarea

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[eyesofvenus]

I think most usually have 2 PCI, 2 PCI Express and 1 PCI Express x16.
I was checking out the list of boards on that site and it appears that the one you suggested seems the best

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

2-3 standard pci, 1-2 pci-e 1x and 1 pci-e 16x is what you see on most mobos.

 

[notawhizwithcomps]

cheers guys..now to find the other components to fit with this motherboard!

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

have fun and good luck

 

[eyesofvenus]

Make sure you shop around

 

[notawhizwithcomps]

Cheers, i have been shopping around a bit, most the parts i want are on ebuyer.com or dabs.com.

I am looking into a Seagate Barracuda 400GB Hard drive, nvidia geforce 6 series 512mb graphics, corsair 2 x 1gb memory, and amd athlon 64 4000+ processor..my system right now is very slow because a lot of my hard drive is used up with only 256mb ram so wantin a very nice upgrade!

 

[eyesofvenus]

You should consider going with a 7xxx series geforce, well a 7600 in anyway, 6 series is a little outdated now, thats only if ya have the money of course

 

[notawhizwithcomps]

okay..cool, what do you think of this card.. http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=319813&cks=ASS&assoc=5A39DAA7-10EA-4BCF-889D-E46501023430

 

[eyesofvenus]

Ahaha, i use komplett.ie, great company
Go with this one: http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=318805
Its a superior card and only £1 dearer
It appears to be out of stock but just get them to order it for you

 

[notawhizwithcomps]

i guess there is a bit of difference between a 512mb card and a 256mb card, but im guessing 256mb is sufficient for most of todays games?

 

[eyesofvenus]

Well lets compare the 2 cards:
Memory: 7600Gs: 512MB DDR2 7600GT: 256MB GDDR3
Core clock: 7600GS: 400MHz 7600GT: 560MHz
Memory Clock Speed: 7600GS:800MHz 7600GT:1400MHz
Pipelines: 7600GS:12 7600GT:12

Apart from the memory size, 7600GT wins hands down

 

[notawhizwithcomps]

for an extra £1 that aint half bad! im not too bothered about costs too much..obviously a wee bit but my main aim is to have a decent machine that can cope and hopefully exceed requirements for todays games..as my machine right now is amd athlon xp 2500+, 256mb ram, 80gb HD, standard video card..so games like rainbow six rogue spear just crash haha! its laame, i bought the machine on eBay a few years ago..but the HD is just clogging up and its a slow machine now.

 

[eyesofvenus]

Ah we all need to upgrade sometime or another

 

[notawhizwithcomps]

with this mobo here http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...=11143,43850000,4294959021,50626&v=2#infoarea

it says under storage - ATA-133
Serial ATA-300
Serial ATA-300 (RAID)

but then under storage conroller - Serial ATA-150..would this HD here be compatible? http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...=11154&NavigationKey=11154,361720000,40060000

Thanks

 

[eyesofvenus]

Yep, that hard drive is SATA 300 and the motherboard supports SATA 300

 

[sniperchang]

The ASUS A8N32-SLI is a really nice choice. If you decide to buy a 7600GT, you could save up and get an other one for SLI!

You do know about SLI right?

 

[notawhizwithcomps]

not really no...