An Update...

[_John_Lennon_]

Ahh, getting lost in all the threads, righto.



BTW: The links for Ebuyer arnt working anymore.

Also, I found this.

http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/produc...productid=17205

[Skillian]

Originally posted by _John_Lennon_@18 January 2004 - 03:23
Livy, what do you want the board to have.

And what is your Price limit in Pounds, or whatever. Heh, I will shop around for u.

Hey thanks.

My limit is about £50-60 if the board is right, but wouldn't mind paying less. Another nice board, is there much to recommend it over the biostar Livy pointed out?

[Livy]

diff between the epox and biostar are.
epox has firwire.
1 more memory slot.

better for overlclockign

[_John_Lennon_]

The Firewire is only on the 8RDA3+ not the 8RDA3I, if im not mistaken.

Here is another MSI I found.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=48751

Looks good, has dual channel memory, but you will have to spend probably about 70 to get things such as S-ATA.



Here's MSI's S-ATA board, with firewire. Its 66 dollars.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=47974

The Epox 8rda3+ is about 2 dollars more, when you get two free rounded IDE cables.

Also, what is VAT, in relation to pricing in your country?

[Skillian]

Here is another MSI I found.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=48751

Looks good, has dual channel memory, but you will have to spend probably about 70 to get things such as S-ATA.

That's one of the ones I linked to earlier. I'm in the UK, so that SATA board is £66, about $100 I think. VAT is 17.5% here.

I think it's between the non SATA MSI board and the Biostar. Taking shipping into account, the MSI is about £13 more expensive, and an extra £2-3 if I have to buy two 256 sticks to enable dual channel memory (do I?).

Is dual channel RAM worth the extra?