- Jul 10, 2007
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Originally posted by: littleprince
Hi Dave, where did you get your info?
Raid is certainly possible with the P43 and Intel ICH10R, there are clearly several boards available with RAID.
Also, can certainly OC FSB past 400, although maybe not as great as P45
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_p5qle/
Hello everyone. Sorry for disturbing you in this old thread which was created and active in the year 2008. The reason why I post in here because I would like to ask whether P45/P43 chipsets are still relevant for medium/light tasks in the year 2018. I have unused following items:
1) Intel Core 2 Duo E8600
2) Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
3) ATX case
4) ECS NVidia GeForce GTX 570
5) Galax NVidia GeForce GT 1030
6) 405W power supply unit.
Since I have all the unused items listed above, I'm thinking to purchase P45/P43 chipsets based motherboard as an additional desktop(s) for doing medium/light tasks. I only shortlisted the P45/P43 chipsets based motherboard that supports DDR3 up to 16GB (this is the reason why I only consider P45/P43 chipsets).
If you think that P45/P43 chipsets are no longer relevant in the year 2018 and just a waste of money (even though I only need to purchase motherboard and ram to complete a desktop), I will not proceed this intention.
Thank you and have a nice day.
Honestly, those CPUs, while still semi-viable on their own (or if OCed), will require a mobo, and a brand-new ATX P43/P45 mobo to complement them, is either going to be: A) New Chinese junk board, or B) used and abused enthusiast overclocker board, or C) heavily price-gouged new seller with new old stock. (Look at how bad Z97 boards are gouged on like Newegg Marketplace.)
OTOH, if you can get any platform with DDR3, it's a bit cheaper, especially used, than new DDR4 prices.
Honestly, the performance will not be that great, but it will be mildly tolerable for light tasks if you pair the system with a SSD. But frankly, you're better off buying a refurb Dell OptiPlex for $150 and you'll have a 3rd or 4th generation i3 or i5 and it would run circles around it. I would just sell off your old cpus and the gpu and use your GTX 1030 in it.
The GT1030 is suitable for a modern system.
The ATX case and PSU may be usable. What brand, model, wattage, and age is the PSU?
If you've already picked up a P43 board, though, I guess, might as well go with that, and the Q9650.
Did you confirm that those boards take DDR3? Gigabyte boards that take DDR3 have a "C" or "T" in their model name string.
This!Again, I cannot stress it enough, an SSD is an absolute must. I have a similar system to yours for playing games from 2008-2009, a Q9550, 4GB DDR3, GTX 285. I added an SSD at some point and couldn't believe the difference, it was absolutely massive. What felt like a dog of a system due to slow HDD access, became very fast with the addition of a small SSD.
I just read that you have installed the GT 1030 on another system, no biggie but the GTX 570 requires quite a bit of power.
I just read that you have installed the GT 1030 on another system...
Don't go for 16GB DDR3 on that system, it's probably a waste of time, unless you want to do something really specific that requires loads of RAM, just go with 8GB.
A quality 400W PSU might be able to handle the card and Q9650 provided you don't overclock at all, however judging by the fact that this is a 405W PSU that you haven't provided a name for or any specs, I'm willing to bet it's low end, so yeah don't even attempt that. If possible, use the GT1030 on this system or get a decent power supply.
Again, I cannot stress it enough, an SSD is an absolute must. I have a similar system to yours for playing games from 2008-2009, a Q9550, 4GB DDR3, GTX 285. I added an SSD at some point and couldn't believe the difference, it was absolutely massive. What felt like a dog of a system due to slow HDD access, became very fast with the addition of a small SSD.
Pair the motherboard you bought with the Q9650, GT 1030 and an SSD and the system will be fine for light/medium tasks.
Yeah, definitely go DDR3, instead of messing around with 4GB DDR2 DIMMs. They are rare, finicky, and depending on the chipset / memory controller, there are issues with low- versus high-density sticks. (Avoid the cheaper "AMD ONLY" DDR2 4GB DIMMs on ebay from Chinese vendors, etc.)However, I notice that the RAM usage is around 7.8GB (out of total of 8GB) whenever I run google chrome, microsoft word 2016, and matlab at the same time. This system can still be upgraded to 4 x 4GB DDR2 800MHz, but I will only do it in few more months because the price of used DDR2 (4GB per stick) is overpriced.
This is also the reason why I plan to go for 16GB DDR3 on the coming p43 system