Anybody care to comment on whether I will have any problems/will regret buying such a cheap motherboard.
(prices below excluding sales tax)
ASROCK SOCKET-754 K8UPGRADE-760GX S/V/L M-ATX £32.04
TWINMOS 512M DDR400 CL2.5 16 CHIP (MTEC) £33.91
AMD SEMPRON 2800+ HT SOCKET-754 £48.86
I'm going to run integrated graphics as I only use office-type apps. Maybe I can buy an AGP card down the road and overclock...
But the motherboard seems like such a screaming deal for a budget rig....
http://www.asrock.com/product/product_K8Upgrade-760GX.htm
Of course it might turn out to suck, but with integrated VGA, skt 754, SATA, it looks like an obvious budget choice for Anandtech's next budget system guide (bye-bye nforce2....).
The board costs £37.65 including tax - the cheapest nforce3 board here runs to £51... So the price difference is pretty big... And the manual seems to indicate some reasonable OC options for such a cheap board...
http://www.asrock.com/Drivers/Manual/K8Upgrade_760GX.pdf
Of course I realize that a 6600GT + an nforce3 board would be better, but for the price it looks good to me!
(prices below excluding sales tax)
ASROCK SOCKET-754 K8UPGRADE-760GX S/V/L M-ATX £32.04
TWINMOS 512M DDR400 CL2.5 16 CHIP (MTEC) £33.91
AMD SEMPRON 2800+ HT SOCKET-754 £48.86
I'm going to run integrated graphics as I only use office-type apps. Maybe I can buy an AGP card down the road and overclock...
But the motherboard seems like such a screaming deal for a budget rig....
http://www.asrock.com/product/product_K8Upgrade-760GX.htm
Of course it might turn out to suck, but with integrated VGA, skt 754, SATA, it looks like an obvious budget choice for Anandtech's next budget system guide (bye-bye nforce2....).
The board costs £37.65 including tax - the cheapest nforce3 board here runs to £51... So the price difference is pretty big... And the manual seems to indicate some reasonable OC options for such a cheap board...
http://www.asrock.com/Drivers/Manual/K8Upgrade_760GX.pdf
Of course I realize that a 6600GT + an nforce3 board would be better, but for the price it looks good to me!
