Little Help On Mobo If Poss? (£550 PC)

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MistaHazeX

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Iv Had A Little help of a few friends around net to put a pc 2gether for myself with £550 budget (without screen keyboard mouse etc.. just the base) it may be tight but im skint lol heres wat we came up with.....

Cpu : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, SLACR G0, S775, 2.40 GHz 1066MHz 8MB Cache, 9x Multiplier, Retail

Graphics : XFX 512Mb nVidia GeForce 9600 GT PCI-Express Card

PSU : OCZ 600W StealthXStream PSU, PowerWhisper, Active PFC

Ram : Corsair TwinX 4Gb DDR2-6400 (2x2Gb) Memory Kit

HDD : 2 x 500 GB Seagate ST3500320AS Barracuda 7200.11, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ ( will most prob be on raid)

DVD Drive : HP 1060i 20x DVD±R, 10x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, Retail

thats all of that we have had a look at a few asus mobo's but i honestly cant decide wat mobo to get as my laptop i have at the moment is never turnt off and this (new pc) will never be switched of either as i need to turn'd on 24/7 for reason's i dont want it to over heat or nothing just to run smoothly maybe i may try and overclock it abit but not majorly i dont plan on playing alot of games but i would like 2x LAN connecters on the mobo, RAID 6x USB 2.0 ports doesnt have to be SLI, i would like the FSB to be 1333/1066/800 MHz, max ram 8-16GB 1066-800MHZ etc... i wouldnt really like to spend more than £110 on the mobo if can be helped as i said im skint lol :(

i dont no about the case either as i dont really no wat case would fit it all in but wouldnt like to spend alot, please someone help?

all ideas and suggestions would be greatful if u could suggest mobo's that are easy to setup and not mess me around as i not built a pc before but i no wat im doing as it were lol

thank you :D
 
Forgot RAM Jim! :D But Specialtech have 2Gb of GeIL PC6400 for £17 I believe, so might be a little over £550 but this thing will fly!

Personally I would drop to one 500Gb for now, and spend the remainder on a nice case, nothing worse than a bad case, does a good PC no favours
 
Also one very minor niggle with Jim set up.

Optiarc drives (made by sony) suck. Big time. Get pretty much anything but. Replaced mine with a LiteOn and it's much better.
 
the P5Q has no RAID and has got only 1 lan connector

Cpu : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, SLACR G0, S775, 2.40 GHz 1066MHz 8MB Cache, 9x Multiplier, Retail - £144.51 Inc VAT

Grahics : XFX 512Mb nVidia GeForce 9600 GT PCI-Express Card - £83.09

PSU : OCZ 600W StealthXStream PSU, PowerWhisper, Active PFC - £51.69

Ram : Corsair TwinX 4Gb DDR2-6400 (2x2Gb) Memory Kit - £38.17 inc.VAT

HDD : 500 GB Seagate ST3500320AS Barracuda 7200.11, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ - £42.19 Inc VAT

DVD Drive : HP 1060i 20x DVD±R, 10x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, Retail + Nero - £18.39 Inc VAT

comes to £401 so i have £150 to spend on mobo & case i will spend £20-30 over if need be on case if have to get a better mobo any more suggestions
 
Hmm the P5Q certainly has raid because it has an ICH9 or even ICH10 northbridge, don't know which of the two. So if you require raid you can use the P5Q ;)
 
yes i might drop down to 1 500GB for now casue i already have 2TB lol which case do u suggest aswell? all suggestions will help and i shall compile a decent pc if need to change parts over casue cheaper lol
 
ah ya it does but only the pro not the Asus P5Q VM LGA775 i may get the pro but it doesnt have 2 LAN connectors do u no of any with same spec as the pro but with 2 connectors?
 
name='monkey7' said:
Hmm the P5Q certainly has raid because it has an ICH9 or even ICH10 northbridge, don't know which of the two. So if you require raid you can use the P5Q ;)
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It's ICH10 and its the southbridge :whack:

If you need an extra Ethernet connection just chuck in a NIC, theyre stupidly cheap now and you may as well use the PCI slot for somthing.
 
I stick my hands up for the CoolerMaster 690. I got that for Xmas and moved everything over a few days after. It's a spacious mid-tower, with excellent cable management as it has a hole right by the PSU, and also has a total of 6-7 fans (depends whether you choose one with a side panel or not), but all the fans are 120mm-140mm so gives a good opportunity for a quietPC :D. No complaints at all - got my Q6600 idling at 31 degrees and my 8800GT on 34 degrees with minimal noise.
 
name='Ham' said:
It's ICH10 and its the southbridge :whack:

If you need an extra Ethernet connection just chuck in a NIC, theyre stupidly cheap now and you may as well use the PCI slot for somthing.
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*slaps head* I said southbridge but corrected it to northbridge for some reason :/

And about the cases, I can recommend both the CM centurion 690 and the CM HAF 932. I've worked with the centurion 590, which is similar to the 690 and it worked pretty well. Some minor cons, but nothing really bad.

I own the HAF932 and have got to admit I just love it. It's a bit on the pricey wide for 550 GBP though.
 
lol monkey i cant afford that much haha

cool ill have a look at the cool master 690...........

it dont look bad for £52 i may enquire about that and add it to the maybe list lol

my MAIN concern is the mobo still though tis gotta be the hardest thing to choose i may go for the Asus P5Q PRO i will read reviews about it, is it easy to set the bios up and get it all going? And how do i go about adding another LAN thing to it on the PCI slot n were do i get teh thing from lol :P
 
Setting a motherboard up is easy as pie. Connect all the components and everything runs at stock. Overclocking on the other hand... You'd have to ask someone else about skt775.

You should be able to retrieve a LAN card about anywhere. I have got a few old ones (PCI) lying around and I guess shops sell them for around 5-10 GBP.
 
ok cool i have read a few reviews on asus p5q pro and there are a few bad reviews saying there boards didnt even work & it overheated & stuff wasnt in the right place etc.. lol everytime i seem to find a board i like i always find bad stuff and it puts me off :(

how the hell am i going to get over this casue i dont want it to fail as i need the pc but IF i can help it i dont want to go and buy one from a shop casue there rubbish lol
 
P5Q is excelent, every piece of hardware will have one bad thing, I say go with it, if it fails (unlikely) RMA it, easy enough, I had a replacement motherboard out to me within 48hours once
 
ah ok thanx haha :) if i buy it from any site it will do that then?, when i buy all parts i take it everythink will come with cables that i need to hook it all up 2 gether? would i need to buy any extra fans to keep anything cool or should it stay resonable as it is?
 
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