The Great Motherboard Hunt

Nanor

Nanor

Well-Known Member
OK. In order to make use of this leet 8800 I have I need a new motherboard. Something about GEN1 and GEN2 (My 8800 being GEN2 and the mobo being GEN1).

So what's it need?
  • At least 1 PCI-E slot.
  • 4 spaces for DDR2 RAM.
  • To be cheap. Money isn't a problem here, but the cheaper the better.
  • Must fit an ATX case.
  • Oh, and must be socket 775.
The one I buy gets rep from the first person who suggested it. :)
 
Nanor

Nanor

Well-Known Member
Wow, okay, they're a bit too pricey. Anything around the £50 minus mark?
 
waterproofbob

waterproofbob

Junior Administrator
well for less than £50 no not realy, nothing I'd put the rest of your stuff in anyway.
This is my last rather drunken post but you are looking at at least £60-70 for a mobo that is worth investing in.
 
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[THN]Buffalo_Hunter

In Cryo Sleep
I'd recommend the Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4L - it has SLI support, 1333FSB, X-Fi 7.1 audio and only costs around £65 - it's about the cheapest board with a decent spce.

The Intel chipsets all have Crossfire support - not much use paying for something you're not going to use :D
 
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HotStuff

Member
I'd be careful about getting an Asus board that has DDR2 and DDR3 support. I've heard on forums it causes instability with memory.

I would have stuck for life with Asus with my past 3 motherboards. However with my latest Asus board I have had nothing but problems with memory since the latest bios upgrade just before xmas.

I managed to sort it out by buying quality 667Mhz memory, yet asus claim the board can support up to 1066Mhz memory!? If your computer is going to be unstable these days it is likely because of memory incompatibility with board. The faster the memory is, the more likely it is to cause issues. Also the more memory modules you have, the more likely it will cause instability.

My recommendation is go with a quality, branded, basic DDR2 m/b that doesn't boast of memory enhancements to increase memory speed and expecially not an overclockers board. You should get that for around £70-£80

I paid £160 for my "Asus P5K deluxe Wi-fi" board just 5 months ago and learned a harsh lesson (as others did, check the asus support forums) that paying more money doesn't give you stability.
 
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[THN]Buffalo_Hunter

In Cryo Sleep
I'd recommend spending a bit on the motherboard - after all, the entire PC is built on it. The ECS board won't support any of the new Intel CPUs because of the 1066MHz FSB, so it's a bit of a dead-end board.

But, at the end of the day, it's your wonga :D
 
Iron_fist

Iron_fist

Super Moderator
Staff member
provided your memory is supported it should do the job, as the note says you will want to check that the memory you have will run in dual channel on this board. as with all boards of that price it's nothing special but it looks like it should do the job
 
SgtFury

SgtFury

Junior Administrator
Staff member
I don't think Nanor has ever believed in Dual Channel. I remember when playing TA you had the most bizarist mix of ram types :D.
 
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