Author Topic: Looking for a CPU/MOBO Bundle that will support a... (Read 237 times)

AWMac · « **on:** June 21, 2004, 06:07:02 PM »

Anyone out there that has a PNY nVIDIA Verto GeForce FX 5200 Ultra AGP please let me know what MOBO you recommend? A Bundle CPU/MOBO or any combination...just point me in the right direction.

I'm going thru Aces High withdraws...shakes, sweats...blured vision and headaches...constant sound of "CHECK 6" ringing in my ears...

I have a 300 watt mid tower case but the present MOBO and CPU wont cut it. I need your help guys. I'm begging for your help. The wifey already broke down and authorized me to spend no more that $250 to get me flying again....Help a Brother here....

MacMAW

Roscoroo · « **Reply #1 on:** June 21, 2004, 06:14:26 PM »

id have to recomend the asus a7n8x series mainboards and a 2500+ barton you can run a single stick of ram for now til you can afford the upgrade to 512x2

u should be right around $250

AWMac · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2004, 07:27:50 PM »

Single stick of RAM? I'm running two HD one Win98 Master drive and slave in Linux Redhat... would adjusting HD's compensate for the RAM? I can drop Redhat. Win98 is 20Gig, Redhat is 2.1Gig.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2004, 11:07:34 AM »

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socketa/a7n8x-e-d/overview.htm

Dual-Channel DDR400 Support
The 128-bit TwinBank DDR Memory architecture doubles the DDR 400 (PC3200) bandwidth. System bottlenecks are eliminated with balanced architecture and peak bandwidth up to 6.4GB/s.

duel matching sticks of ram are best . but they can be kinda pricy .. almost all the hi-performance mainboards use this tecnology though .

you can also use the sata raid along with your conventional ide harddrives . and there's no problems setting up a dualboot
i have 98se and xp on mine

the 300 watt ps may be alittle low but it will get by with a 5200 in
it .