Need Some K-guru Help With Hdware?

[WebCheF]

want to get a good mobo, too damn many to make a choice. ???

I want it for the same purpose as most of the members on this forrum.
download on p2p, video edit, convert , and produce.
Games, (not a priority) mostly just want to compliment the cpu for max performance.

Is a raid sys optimal for what I want it for, don' t realy know if it is good for a home pc or not.

Thanks for posts, and Also thanks for the K-LiTe Board and members.

I hate to go to bestbuy and ask a sales person in the Tech dept. and I know more about a dvd writer or hd than they do. and that is not that much. lol

[ilw]

What sort of upgradability are u looking for in a motherboard and what sort of hardware have u got already. ie how many things are u looking to attach to it, is there anything in particular u need eg firewire or lots of usb2, what sort of graphics card do u have, do u already have a network card......
Any more info would help narrow it down :P

[ilw]

Also I personally wouldn't bother with raid I think its more for areas where data loss is of critical importance and hard drive failure is likely. But hard drives fail rarely *touches wood*

[WebCheF]

sorry, have a 120 ata 100 seagate,
ati tvi wonder ve
dsl,
512 ddr 333mghz
hp 300i dvd writer
lg 52x36x52 cd r.
not sure what else , want t all in wonder or a nvidia cinema mdule, both require a 8x agp I think,

Just looking to get the most out of my cpu,

mostly video burning and encoding.

[Somebody1234]

I'm no Intel specialist but I thing this could be a good choice.

Click here: GA-8PE800 (http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-8PE800.htm#)

http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/FileList/ProductImage/photo_8pe800_11_big.jpg

Just double check with your suppier that it will work with all your parts.

I also agree that RAID is not needed.

[CornerPocket]

What's your current cpu AMD - INTEL? What speed? If you are going to use your current cpu, we need to know what you have in order to recommend a board. ;)


nevermind, see it now :">

[vivitron 15]

P4 2.4 533fsb

I guess....(its in the subject line :P )

[ilw]

the board above doesn't support AGP 8x?
It depends how much u spend, I've guessed u don't want to spend too much so both my choices are budget choices: If u have more money to spend theres loads more choices, just say the word
The cheapest and best with 8x I found : Soltek SL-85ERV2 "Glacier Silver" http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Soltek2.html (be careful this is the AGP8x version there is also a 4x version witha similar name) This seems to be excellent value and apparently is ok for overclocking as well, but don't know how easy to find it will be.What country r u in? Another review at http://www.3dxtreme.org/soltek_sl_85_erv_p1.shtml

If u decide that 8x isn't necessary, I'd recommend the Abit BH7 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.c...ry.php?id=42136 (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/reviews_story.php?id=42136) (hope the links work if not say & I'll copy the reviews)
Enjoy B)

[WebCheF]

I looke at all of the above, and on one of the pages I found this one,

http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Produc...s_GA-8SQ800.htm (http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-8SQ800.htm)

Haven't looked up the price yet, but I think it is in line with what I am looking for.

any pros and cons welcome,

Thanks for the links guys...

[ilw]

Looks like a good choice, be wary of when motherboards say that they have headers for something like SPDif sound cos headers means pins on the mobo, they don't always supply the backplate or connectors for it (though they usually do) I couldn't see for certain if they do supply the audio outputs on the gigabyte page.
If u want a similarly priced and good value motherboard u could also consider the AOpen AX45-4D Max. It also comes with integrated network card which can be nice if u don't already have one or even if u do it makes your computer neater and saves a pci slot.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.c...oards&issue=103 (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/labs_story.php?id=39608&headline=Intel+motherboards&issue=103)

I think both are good choices