Building a PC again

Ned · Post by **Ned** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:22 pm

Howdy,

Just got the go ahead to build another computer for a friend.

Athlon 64, 939pin, right?
Asus motherboard that can handle the above

SATA hard drive
6800 video card, what do I do? PCIe?

This one I don't need to rush on

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:39 pm

Yep to just about everything. PCIe is prefered for upgradeability.

I'm sure people will start pim... ah, suggesting their favorite parts in due time.

Ned · Post by **Ned** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:24 pm

Would ASUS A8N-E be ok?

I don't know much about SATA and PCIe

Moderate System, very little gaming likely

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:57 pm

That's fine.

If they're not doing much gaming, look into the 6800 GS. It's currently around $200, and performs just under a full blown 6800 GT.

Ned · Post by **Ned** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:34 pm

Thanks for the heads up; that looks like a very good card. I have a 6800 (non GT) and I love it, so this one is da baum.

Can anyone explain what is SATA II vs SATA 150 and also what is the number after PCIe ?

The Clueless One

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:50 pm

The PCIe number is the number of lanes the slot uses. "Normal" 1X slots have one lane. 16x graphics slots have 16 of the 1X lanes put together to form one "new" slot with 16 lanes. Same thing goes with 8X slots on SLI boards and the occasional 4X slots that are on some boards. They're not diffrent versions or anything.

SATA II is pretty much just SATA 150 bumped from 150MBs to 300MBs and with Native Comand Queing(NCQ) added. It should probably be called SATA 300. SATA 150 drives work on SATA II controllers and while I would hope that SATA II drives work on SATA 150 controllers, I never looked into it.