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    2 quick questions

    1) a PCI-E 2.0 card such as the new HD4850's, do they work on normal PCI-E slots.....i heard that it doesnt matter.....will i hafta buy a whole new motherboard just to cope with the card i just bought?

    2) how do you find the right ram for a computer? i know ive said this in previous threads but they didnt help......

    i have this motherboard.....about......

    http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=1842

    supports 400Mhz

    meh not great but could i get (2 x 2gb) 4gb on that?

    thanks yet again to the hexus peeps u are king

    matt

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    Re: 2 quick questions

    Yes the gxf card will work. EDIT.. AGP.. no it wont lol

    and this sort of RAM
    http://www.scan.co.uk/Index.aspx?NT=1-0-24-82-0

    No 2gb modules available I don't think.

    Get a new motherboard

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    Re: 2 quick questions

    1. No, any full-sized PCI-E slot will be fine for these new cards. *edit* but as mike points out, your board is AGP, which is NOT PCI-E.

    2. Its says "DDR 400" so that is what you need. Not DDR2 or DDR3. That page states max size is 2GB, so 1GB per slot is the max. Some older boards do not like the higher density DIMMs though, which is something thats normally harder to figure out.

    I find the crucial site quite handy for find details out about RAM compatibility for various machines/motherboards.
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    Re: 2 quick questions

    im upgrading motherboard on basis on people already telling me in person that my mobo is ****

    this is my upgrade...

    http://scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=818514

    what do people think?

    matt


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    Re: 2 quick questions

    Good board, just make sure you get a PCI-Express graphics card and DDR2 RAM for it
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    Re: 2 quick questions

    Yeah thats a nice board. It's the new P45 chipset so it will certainly worth with everything you want.

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    Re: 2 quick questions

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    Good board, just make sure you get a PCI-Express graphics card and DDR2 RAM for it
    dude.....im noob at pc building.....this is my second.....BUT I AINT A RETARD....lol

    thanks for the concern


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    Re: 2 quick questions

    umm....ok then....will HD 4850 work on this motherboard i aint sure with the new cards seeing as the last one i installed was a 7800gt.....

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    Re: 2 quick questions

    I will work on the P5Q yeah.

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    Re: 2 quick questions

    kk thanks every body i think thats a thread well and truly closed!


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    Re: 2 quick questions

    Quote Originally Posted by staffsMike View Post
    I will work on the P5Q yeah.
    where abouts do you connect to?

    or do you just need hooking up to a USB header and just start dancing around
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