need a new motherboard...any recommendation?

jesta · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:27

hi,
i need a new motherboard for my PC(see my sig for spec). i have a budget of £55.the main thing i will need is PCI-Express and supports dual core AMD.

so what do you recommend?

cheers

jesta · 9 Apr 2006 at 18:55

bump

no one at all?how are the gigabyte ones from OCUK? do they support dual cores without updating BIOS?

subxero · 9 Apr 2006 at 19:07

jesta said:
hi,
i need a new motherboard for my PC(see my sig for spec). i have a budget of £55.the main thing i will need is PCI-Express and supports dual core AMD.

so what do you recommend?

cheers

ASrock 939dual-SATA2 ULi M1695, cracking board

jesta · 9 Apr 2006 at 19:26

does this support AMD Athlon X2 cpu's?

subxero · 9 Apr 2006 at 19:30

Sure does and they are about £40~ish

jesta · 9 Apr 2006 at 19:35

have you got one?
the price sounds great!!
do i need to update the BIOS for Athlon X2 cpu to work(had a disaster with my epox mobo)? how are they for overclocking??

cheers so far

subxero · 9 Apr 2006 at 19:37

jesta said:
have you got one?
the price sounds great!!
do i need to update the BIOS for Athlon X2 cpu to work(had a disaster with my epox mobo)? how are they for overclocking??

cheers so far

This thread is your best friend, but not sure about the bios update, but there really isnt any harm in a bios update

Does the world of good sometimes

jesta · 9 Apr 2006 at 19:41

lol...yeah updating the BIOS do make the PC performance better but last time i did an update my PC froze and my motherboard was ruined!

.lol

will check it out though. cheers for the help!

subxero · 9 Apr 2006 at 19:42

jesta said:
lol...yeah updating the BIOS do make the PC performance better but last time i did an update my PC froze and my motherboard was ruined!.lol

will check it out though. cheers for the help!

No probs matey, dont forget you can use winflash to do it from windows, not as safe in reality but less chance of screwing up

jesta · 9 Apr 2006 at 21:12

yeah will use winflash,lets hope nothing goes wrong this time!
i need some thermal compound for the cpu and heatsink now dont i since when i take all the parts off from my old mobo the heatsink and the cpu will be separted so will i need thermal compound thingy?lol...im such a n00b

subxero · 9 Apr 2006 at 21:36

You will need some AS5 (Arctic Silver 5), its about £5 a tube last time I looked

That replaces your thermal pad on your cooler (if its a standard cooler you have

)

jesta · 9 Apr 2006 at 22:19

yup its a standard cooler. the artic silver 5 is £12 includind delivery

!!
would any thermal compound do?saw some thermal compound from a competitors site for 46p!

subxero · 10 Apr 2006 at 08:30

AS5 is the daddy, can make a difference, but it depends on how mad you are to keep your temps down, otherwise the cheap stuff will do

james.miller · 10 Apr 2006 at 08:38

the difference is 1-2c honestly, just use whatever compund you can get your hands on

as long as its not toothpaste or marmite

jesta · 10 Apr 2006 at 18:26

lol.yeah ordered some thermal compound from competitors.not too fussed about overclocking, the thermal compound was only 46p so at that price i just couldnt refuse!!

jesta · 14 Apr 2006 at 22:03

got the board yesterday,installing it all later. was wondering do i need a Sata disk set up thing or does it just pick up that my hard drive is Sata?

how much thermal paste do i need on the cpu?

cheers