Spec Check

Andrew1978 · 4 Apr 2007 at 14:51

Hi, Just wondered if anyone could check this would work and there is no incompatibility problems before i order, thanks.

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB)

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB)

semi-pro waster · 4 Apr 2007 at 15:03

All work fine together, I'd spend an extra £5 getting the DS3P though. I'd also change the Ram to the Geil PC6400 C4 which is marginally cheaper and has slightly better specifications than the Corsair.

Andrew1978 · 4 Apr 2007 at 16:01

another quick question, just ordered but was looking over the specs of the motherboard and realised my current psu only has a 20pin/4 pin seperate connector and it looks like the gigabyte ds3-p needs a 24 pin and 4 pin seperate connector, is this right? if so what power supply would be best to get?

semi-pro waster · 4 Apr 2007 at 16:27

You can get adapters but it might not be quite as stable as an ATX 2.X compliant PSU. For around £50 an Akasa 460w would be my choice but ideally I'd go to about £70 and get the Corsair 520w which is an excellent PSU.