Hi just after a little advice on the following please
I've inherited a xps shuttle sx58j3 albeit with a dead motherboard (i think)
I've tried making a wanted posts for a replacement Shuttle FX58V2 motherboard without success, quite difficult to find a shuttle board i guess. Id really like to resurrect this as its got a i7 930, 4gb ram, 500gb hd etc
So what are my alternatives?
would any other shuttle mobo fit inside the case?
do matx mobos fit inside shuttle cases?
Should i just buy a matx mobo and a small form factor cheapo case?
Another thing, i've never had a setup with tripple channel ram which the x58 series was. I however notice theres only 2x dimms so is it still fine to run 2 slots just at lower performance? or was the shuttle series designed in dual channel? not quite sure as ive never had tripple and never had a shuttle!
Id like to have the shuttle but if the best alternative is to just buy a cheapo 2nd hand matx mobo and case then ill be up for that.
Thanks
I've inherited a xps shuttle sx58j3 albeit with a dead motherboard (i think)
I've tried making a wanted posts for a replacement Shuttle FX58V2 motherboard without success, quite difficult to find a shuttle board i guess. Id really like to resurrect this as its got a i7 930, 4gb ram, 500gb hd etc
So what are my alternatives?
would any other shuttle mobo fit inside the case?
do matx mobos fit inside shuttle cases?
Should i just buy a matx mobo and a small form factor cheapo case?
Another thing, i've never had a setup with tripple channel ram which the x58 series was. I however notice theres only 2x dimms so is it still fine to run 2 slots just at lower performance? or was the shuttle series designed in dual channel? not quite sure as ive never had tripple and never had a shuttle!
Id like to have the shuttle but if the best alternative is to just buy a cheapo 2nd hand matx mobo and case then ill be up for that.
Thanks