intel noob

[britain]

Hi all..

I have a skt lga775 3.06 pentium 4 cpu and require a new mobo which has to be pci-e compatible,and a graphics card too suit,i have approx £170 too spend.My psu is 300w rated.

i'm lost with intel has i've always dealt with amd..(doin this for a m8).not sure what chipset etc i will need etc..

Would like on mobo..on board sound/lan/pci-e/

many thanks for any help

 

[snowdog]

For 90nm pentium 4's you can have any socket 775 mainboard tbh, its the pentium D and core 2 duo and 65nm pentiums that may need a perticular chipset, but 90nm pentiums work on any lga775 mobo...

Asrock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2, ddr+ddr2, onboard lan&sound, pci-e & agp, support for all known lga 775 cpu's exept quad core...


EDIT: i meant the Asrock 775Dual-VSTA not conroexfire, my apologies!!

 

[britain]

Sounds excellent..does the asrock support standard ddr400 memory though...i know it supports the later memory but is backward compatable?

again..many thanks

 

[t31os]

For 90nm pentium 4's you can have any socket 775 mainboard tbh, its the pentium D and core 2 duo and 65nm pentiums that may need a perticular chipset, but 90nm pentiums work on any lga775 mobo...

Asrock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2, ddr+ddr2, onboard lan&sound, pci-e & agp, support for all known lga 775 cpu's exept quad core...

I think you're confusing that board with the vsata. The board you mentioned does not do DDR or AGP.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Asrock.html

 

[semi-pro waster]

You would need the ASRock Dual 880Pro (or the Dual VSTA which is pretty much the same motherboard it appears but does support Conroe) if you want to use DDR Ram, the Conroe XFire motherboard as mentioned won't work as it is based on the 945 chipset and only supports DDR2 according to the ASRock website. The Dual 8800Pro doesn't appear to support Conroe though and no mention is made of a bios flash to allow it to so you probably can't upgrade it that far.

 

[snowdog]

I think you're confusing that board with the vsata. The board you mentioned does not do DDR or AGP.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Asrock.html

Mybad

I meant the Asrock 775Dual-VSTA
Sorry about that...

LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/ Pentium® XE / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D, supporting Conroe processors
VIA PT880 Pro/Ultra Chipset
Supports FSB1066/800/533MHz processor, EM64T CPU and H-T Technology
Supports Dual Channel DDRII667 (DDRII x 2 DIMMs) and DDR400 (DDR x 2 DIMMs)
Untied Overclocking : During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed AGP/PCIE/ PCI Buses
1 x PCI Express Graphics slot
1 x AGP 8X slot
Hybrid Booster - Safe Overclocking Technology
2 ports of SerialATA 1.5Gb/s, support RAID 0, 1, JBOD, 2 ATA133 IDE ports
HDMI_SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/projector/LCD devices.
7.1 channel with High Definition Audio, 10/100 Ethernet LAN
Supports all features in Vista™ Premium
HD 8CH I/O: 4 ready-to-use USB2.0 ports, HD 7.1 channel audio jacks

 

[britain]

Thanks all for help...can't find the asrock though.
been looking into a little deeper and wondered if this would suit me?
Asus P5GPL-X SE Intel 915PL (Socket 775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-128-AS)
is the 915pl chipset ok?

 

[maGz]

does the chipset matter with the PL suffix?

 

[snowdog]

Well its ok for a pentium, but you'll need a mainboard upgrade if you would want to go core 2 duo later...

Really shame ocuk dont have asrock dual vsta in stock, great budget socket 775 board...