DEAD - OOS AGAIN - $15 Core2Duo Capable Biostar MB (refurbed)...

[mvbighead]

whats the coupon code?

emcmmmn43

 

[Zargon]

thx!

ordering two fans anyways...might as well toss this on

 

[jacion]

Don't need but too good to pass up, thanks.

 

[totalnoob]

Pair it with this case for $20 shipped: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2025085

Case + mobo for $35 total..lol

Throw in an old power supply, a gig of ram, and a cheap celeron processor and you've got a nice web machine for under $100.

 

[mvbighead]

Don't need but too good to pass up, thanks.

Pretty much exactly why I ordered the second one. Needed one for an upgrade for a brother, but the other is just a spare... at $15, don't don't that I could ever really beat it.

 

[zagood]

Just make sure you're not planning on putting a 45nm part in there. I'm going to need a new mobo for an e5200 and I'm glad I checked the specs.

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/content.php?S_ID=173
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/cpu_support.php?S_ID=173

 

[msi1337]

w00t

 

[Home Slice]

In for one!! now all my old processors have a home. I was just wondering what sort of video cards this mobo can run...PCI Express x16 doesnt necessarily mean it can run the latest and greatest which are PCI Express x16 2.0 does it? Any list for supported graphics cards flying around?

 

[mvbighead]

In for one!! now all my old processors have a home. I was just wondering what sort of video cards this mobo can run...PCI Express x16 doesnt necessarily mean it can run the latest and greatest which are PCI Express x16 2.0 does it? Any list for supported graphics cards flying around?

Pretty sure it'd run any of the most common x16 cards out there. Not sure anyone would buy a $15 board to throw a $300+ card on, would they?

I intend to through a 7800GT on one, and I surely doubt it'll have a problem.

Updated:
PCI Express 2.0

PCI-SIG announced the availability of the PCI Express Base 2.0 specification on 15 January 2007.[8] The PCIe 2.0 standard doubles the per-lane throughput from the PCIe 1.0 standard's 250 MB/s to 500 MB/s. This means a 32-lane PCI connector (x32) can support throughput up to 16 GB/s aggregate. The PCIe 2.0 standard uses a base clock speed of 5.0 GHz, while the first version operates at 2.5 GHz.

PCIe 2.0 motherboard slots are backward compatible with PCIe v1.x. PCIe 2.0 cards have good backward compatibility, new PCIe 2.0 graphics cards are compatible with PCIe 1.1 motherboards, meaning that they will run on them using the available bandwidth of PCI Express 1.1. Overall, graphic cards or motherboards designed for v 2.0 will be able to work with the other being v 1.1 or v 1.0.

The PCI-SIG also said that PCIe 2.0 features improvements to the point-to-point data transfer protocol and its software architecture.[9]

In June 2007 Intel released the specification of the Intel P35 chipset which does not support PCIe 2.0 only PCIe 1.1.[10] Some people may be confused by the P35 block diagram which states the Intel P35 has a PCIe x16 graphics link (8 GB/s) and 6 PCIe x1 links (500 MB/s each).[11] For simple verification one can view the P965 block diagram which shows the same number of lanes and bandwidth but was released before PCIe 2.0 was finalized. Intel's first PCIe 2.0 capable chipset was the X38 and boards began to ship from various vendors (Abit, Asus, Gigabyte) as of October 21, 2007.[12] AMD started supporting PCIe 2.0 with its RD700 chipset series and nVidia started with the MCP72.[13] The specification of the Intel P45 chipset includes PCIe 2.0.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

 

[Engineer]

Tempted to pick up one to replace an Asrock Dual 775-VSTA board. The Asrock board only runs the memory at 667MHz (vs 800MHz for this one) and the PCIe slot is only X4. This "should" provide a boost for the memory and the video using the existing E6300 (non Wolfdale) processor. Not sure it's worth the money and time for the upgrade though....

The video card in the Asrock is a 512MB 8800GT OC (MSI) card.

 

[fastcuda]

In for 1, thanks OP, now wheres the cheap c2d for it lol

 

[Home Slice]

Tempted to pick up one to replace an Asrock Dual 775-VSTA board. The Asrock board only runs the memory at 667MHz (vs 800MHz for this one) and the PCIe slot is only X4. This "should" provide a boost for the memory and the video using the existing E6300 (non Wolfdale) processor. Not sure it's worth the money and time for the upgrade though....

The video card in the Asrock is a 512MB 8800GT OC (MSI) card.

Ive got the Asrock 775dual-vsta and the 775i65g...Id say do the upgrade its only 15$...you'll get more bandwith with a full PCIe 16 and Im hoping a lil more stability...The 775dual-vsta which I have sucks with some newer vid cards even after flashing it to the latest bios 3.19a.

on a side note: some hackintosh fun http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.2

Installation: WD 320GB IDE HD fresh formatted w/2 partitions with GUID using Disc Utility
Installation method: Kalyway 10.5.2
Intel Core2Duo E4300 OC'd to 2.4 GHz/Recognized as Core2Duo 2.4 GHz
Onboard IDE works OOB
SATA Not working - Doesn't see my SATA drive with Vista installed
All USB ports (front & Rear) working / Mounts my external USB Hard Drive
Full Burn support in all iApps with Pioneer DVD-RW (seen as Apple Supplied)
Time Machine fully operational w/WD 80GB IDE drive
Onboard LAN needs Rhine kext
Onboard Audio needs AzaliaAudio.kext - 2-channel Audio but good 'nuff
NVidia GeForce 8500GT needs Nvinject kext - Have QE/CI and all resolutions/Refresh Rates & DVI
Shutdown / Restart / Sleep fully functional
Been fully operational for a week now w/o a single hiccup

 

[manimal]

Picked up two for the hell of it. Im finally laying to rest the two last abit boards I have. f190hd-worst boards I have ever owned-

 

[Engineer]

Ive got the Asrock 775dual-vsta and the 775i65g...Id say do the upgrade its only 15$...you'll get more bandwith with a full PCIe 16 and Im hoping a lil more stability...The 775dual-vsta which I have sucks with some newer vid cards even after flashing it to the latest bios 3.19a.

on a side note: some hackintosh fun http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.2

Installation: WD 320GB IDE HD fresh formatted w/2 partitions with GUID using Disc Utility
Installation method: Kalyway 10.5.2
Intel Core2Duo E4300 OC'd to 2.4 GHz/Recognized as Core2Duo 2.4 GHz
Onboard IDE works OOB
SATA Not working - Doesn't see my SATA drive with Vista installed
All USB ports (front & Rear) working / Mounts my external USB Hard Drive
Full Burn support in all iApps with Pioneer DVD-RW (seen as Apple Supplied)
Time Machine fully operational w/WD 80GB IDE drive
Onboard LAN needs Rhine kext
Onboard Audio needs AzaliaAudio.kext - 2-channel Audio but good 'nuff
NVidia GeForce 8500GT needs Nvinject kext - Have QE/CI and all resolutions/Refresh Rates & DVI
Shutdown / Restart / Sleep fully functional
Been fully operational for a week now w/o a single hiccup

I initially had issues with the Asrock board and certain video cards but after reading around and changing a few BIOS settings, it settled down and has become about as rock stable as any board that I've had in the last few years. I might just hold off on this, even though cheap, and save my pennies for a better upgrade later.

 

[Macgyversite]

Wow thanks for the post and update of the back in stock status.

Got 2 for $30 shipped and then the BING discount on top of that.

These forums are starting to rock again with good deals.

Thanks again OP.

 

[Zargon]

Just make sure you're not planning on putting a 45nm part in there. I'm going to need a new mobo for an e5200 and I'm glad I checked the specs.

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/content.php?S_ID=173
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/cpu_support.php?S_ID=173

damn.

I have one 65nm, but I had bought a different mobo last week for it, this is going to be a closet spare, but I guess to use it much Ill have to SPU swap, as i have one 65 and 2 45nm chips in teh house now.

oh well, swapping cpus takes 30 seconds

 

[superHARD]

whats the coupon code?

LOL read first post.

 

[rnjeezy]

Tempted to pick up one to replace an Asrock Dual 775-VSTA board. The Asrock board only runs the memory at 667MHz (vs 800MHz for this one) and the PCIe slot is only X4. This "should" provide a boost for the memory and the video using the existing E6300 (non Wolfdale) processor. Not sure it's worth the money and time for the upgrade though....

The video card in the Asrock is a 512MB 8800GT OC (MSI) card.

biostar-
Supports DDR2 533
Each DIMM supports
256/512MB/1GB/2GB DDR2
Max Memory C apicity 4GB
Single Channel Mode DDR2 memory module
Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not
supported

 

[Engineer]

biostar-
Supports DDR2 533
Each DIMM supports
256/512MB/1GB/2GB DDR2
Max Memory C apicity 4GB
Single Channel Mode DDR2 memory module
Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not
supported

LOL, I'm getting old. I just assumed (actually had forgotten) that DDR2 400/533 actually ran at 800/1066 rates (double data rate). Oops!

 

[JDMnAR1]

Nice deal for a spare to have on hand, thanks.

 

[Zargon]

LOL read first post.

sorry I was dangerously low on caffeine this morning

 

[Arik5405]

In for one. Thanks OP.

 

[Sniper82]

Not positive, but I am pretty sure that the board would be fine for either...

http://www.via.com.tw/en/support/drivers.jsp

Biostar may not have the drivers on their site, but for all intents and purposes, it should work just fine with Vista or 7 if you get the drivers from via.

I got this in a HTPC with windows 7, all is working good.

 

[Motorheader]

I hope my sons intel SL7Z4 3.73ghz processor works - if not then I'll sell it and get an e6700 or something. I'm trying to use as many parts from his Dell XPS Gen 5 for a rebuild for him.

 

[SpeedEng66]

sold out again