Motherboards
Discuss the vast range of features of motherboards
best motherboard?
what is the best motherboard out on the market rite now? for under $500?
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Mobo memory match?
So Im putting together a computer and ordered this mobo.
Giga byte Mobo
What do you guys think of this mobo?
My question is this. Will this memory work?Crucial memory
Let me know what you think and/or recommend.
Thanks.
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AM2 Motherboard
I've been looking around on newegg for AM2 boards and some of them statisfy me, yet it bothers me cause some of the reviews look pretty bad.
Could someone show me some good boards?
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What one to get?
Hey everyone! I am on a quest to build my own high performance PC! I am fairly new to this and so need quite a bit of help! Anyway, I would like some advice on what motherboard to get. As I'm not quite sure how this bit works do you need to kno...
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mobo w/ vga AND composite/s-video
I know there are plenty of integrated graphics boards out there but i am looking for a board that has both integrated graphics VGA (digital is fine, i have an adapter), AND composite (yellow rca)/s-video.
My friend is doing an upgrade and he ...
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Foundation for my new build
Ok this is going to be my first build where the comp is 100% for me. I am a gamer and i am set on AMD because i have never used one before and it seems they are generally seen as better for gaming.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E1...
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New EVGA mobo!
Looks like I am going to go with this mobo for my build...
EVGA nForce 680i SLI NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / SLI / Dual Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID
It supports the core ...
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any test kit to check motherboard?
Hi guys, is there any test kit to check the working condition of the motherboard? Like whether is it partly working or ...? thanks in advance.
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Intel D975XBX
I read the review of it on this months Maximum PC magazine, and it got an exceptional score of 9. I looked it up on Tigerdirect for price comparison, and I saw it bundled with the C2D Extreme x6800 for $1,299.99. Is this deal a good one? I saw ...
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motherboard connected?
ok, so im guessing something on my motherboard istn hooked up right or sumthin, but i put the old hard drive from my other computer for now cuz my windows XP CD is f*cked, but when i turn on my computer it starts to work, then the windows loadi...
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945p
Hey, I'm looking at an MSI (775) board w/ the Intel 945P chipset. Has anyone had experience w/ this? Does it suck? I heard that (some) Intel Chips were bed...
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Update Bios
Okay, I have an overclocking problem, it doesnt work. There is a Bios update for overclocking with this processor, however it is not the latest update. First i want to know if the latest update includes everything from the previous updates. ...
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Which MOBO???
I need a MOBO but I am not totally sure which one:
MOBO for Nvidia chipset card:
eVGA GeForce 7900GTO 512MB
2 CORSAIR 1GB
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
MOBO for ATI Chipset:
ATI CHIPSET x1900 (dont know which maker though..suggestions?...
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decent inexpensive LGA775 board
looking for a board for core 2 duo, nothing flash though as i wont be overclocking at all. Just a decent reliable board thats not expensive. I know the P5B is fairly recommended but wondered if there were any known solid reliable boards below t...
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Socket 478 intel mobo
ok i have a p4 2.8ghz and some ddr333 memory. all i can find for around 50$ for a mobo calls out for ddr400. will they work with the ram i have?
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Mobo Problem?: Lag
It seems like my computer lags a lot on things that it shouldn't. Some games do and take longer then they used to to load. Also, sometimes when I play videos and do something else at the same time, th video laggs. Does anyone think this is t...
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is this good?
yesterday i bought a mobo and cpu and i was spose to get a half off mobo and i was ripped
but should i switch the current mobo i had (leme knwo if u need the name)
to the
ECS P4M800Proro-M v2
if i get that mobo ^ i return the othe...
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help with new system build
hiya, im new here so be gentle
ive just built a new system for the mother in law, this is the spec
winfast 760GXK8MC mothboard
AMD 64 SEMPRON 3000+
TEAM 256 DDR
MAXTOR 80 GIG H/DRIVE
NVIDIA GeFORCE FX5200 128MB
i asked a computer shop to...
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PCI Express x1
What are these slots used for? Ive got a couple of em on my Mobo, but never really found a use for em. What kinda crap can you ram into em??
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Graphics Aperture Size Setting in the BIOS
I have an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard.
I just purchased a new video card; PNY AGP 512mb GeForce 7600GS.
I went into the BIOS and at the; graphics aperture size edit, it showed 256mb. I tried to edit this to 512mb and it does not have...
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Usb Bandwidth Reserved
Hi Guys!
My USB devices are working slow even USB 2.0. I was searching and seeking and came across to USB BANDWIDTH RESERVED in hardware properties of USB. ONe of it was like BANDWIDH RESERVED 10% and other 12%. Can it be changed and is it c...
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Upgrading the E-Machine
Right now I have a T3882 emachine computer that I would like to do a little bit of upgrading to. Here is what I want to do to it..
mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813123009
processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E...
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Asus A8N-E
I ordered the A8N-8 mb and Athlon 64 4000 San Diego cpu and I have 512 266 ram.I was wondering what would be a good video card to go with this setup.I want to upgrade ram eventually but not right now.I have around 200$ for a card. And also is i...
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Asus Boards/Memory
I was reading another thread where someone (it was PC eye if I remember correctly,) brought up how some Asus motherboards had issues with OCZ brand memory. I tried going through the asus.com website to find if they address this or have any rec...
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Tiger and New Egg, Different Specs!?!
So, I'm checking out this mobo and I came across something interesting. New Egg says this mobo can handle 677mhz ram, but Tigerdirect says it is rated for 800mhz. Who should I believe? This mobo is very attractive to me. Here are the links....
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Which Motherboard would you reccomend?
I was originally going to buy the Gigabyte 965P DS3, but need something a tiny bit cheaper with the same functions.... I need a very similar motherboard (Core 2 Duo, 800mhz RAM, ect)
I was thinking about this one, but I don't think it has an...
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microcenter
http://microcenter.com/search_result...b081d2d8acb7eb
good mobo to buy 100-200 i guess prefer around 150
but e6300 might oc
might be this ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231098
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expansion slot/pci?
ok iam looking into gettin a tv tuner card for mce will that plug into the white slots by the expansion slots? cause my videocard will be in the black pci-e
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