Help me, /comp/. I need a motherboard that supports IDE hard drives, DDR RAM, and PCI-E. I don't know what the fuck to look for, though. I'm afraid to buy a crappy motherboard, but I don't won't to spend much money. Would I be able to find anything worthwhile for $50?
I could go to Newegg and try to find a cheap mobo, but I have no idea what to look for beyond the stuff I need it to plug into. Is there anything else to it?
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Anonymous2007-02-02 19:38
See if Newegg still has a refurb section. They don't refurb shit, instead they sell returns discounted and if they come back a 2nd time they return it to the manufacturer.
I used to buy most of my boards there. People would get in over their head and return good hardware.
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Anonymous2007-02-02 20:23
"Do fan problems typically tend to all come down on a nigga at once? Never had this happen before on any of my previous computers"
You don't have a fan problem. You failed to tie off some cable. If you build your PC's buy Papst German fans. They last forever.
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Anonymous2007-02-02 20:24
sorry, wrong section. I'm drugged up for a bad code in my node.
>>5
congratulations!, $379 and 1 single expansion slot nice!
buy this board if you are not planning on adding anything to it, ever.
It will not accept a third party graphics card and there is a lack of any expansion slots.
Floppy drive connection is in an awkward place. There's no cable long enough to to reach the front of the case
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Anonymous2007-02-02 21:14
>>6
stop falling for the troll
And it's actully got three expansion slots, one PCI Express x16, one PCI-X, and one TARO SO-DIMM
Short of the fact that the board is a server board, it meets >>1 tech needs
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Anonymous2007-02-02 21:42
>>7
The fact that it is a server board alone makes it a very poor choice.
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Anonymous2007-02-02 23:26
Is there anything to consider other than the different stuff to plug into it, though? >.>
OP
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Anonymous2007-02-02 23:53
ASUS good. Gigabyte 2/3 as good. nVidia chipsets for AMD good, Intel chipsets for Intel good. Get a motherboard with the wrong socket bad. Upgrading a motherboard while too ignorant to know one's socket needs bad.
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Anonymous2007-02-03 0:31
acis mobos ftw
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Anonymous2007-02-03 1:37
What's your CPU?
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Anonymous2007-02-03 8:59
I figured I'd just buy any old CPU and plug it in, because mine is kind of old, so no motherboards would work with it anymore.
Yes, socket A. Note that you can not buy 'any old CPU'; you do have to ensure compatibility here.
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Anonymous2007-02-06 14:59
just buy an Asus A7N8X, it'll do fine
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Anonymous2007-02-06 17:01
Any idea where I can get one of those? Newegg doesn't have it, and I don't know of any other reliable stores. Don't really want to Google and the nget something shady and broken, you know?