New system time. It's been a while...

[Sputnik]

My Phenom 9950 BE came with the best stock cooler I have ever seen, it's just a shame I had bought a scythe ninja as I didn't think BE's came with one

The board will come with at least 2 sata cables.

Do you have a photo?

[staffsMike]

That's not to say it comes with one but I assume it does and I assume it's pretty awesome.

Yeah hold on will edit.

Can't find any batteries for ye olde camera but this is the one

http://oktabit.foracamp.gr/files/9950_cooler.JPG

[Sputnik]

That looks good for a stock cooler.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Ebuyer have been pretty decent IMHO although YMMV. However on Scan the next highest up Asus 780G motherboard costs over £70!! At that price you can get a 790GX motherboard so it is a tad overpriced!!

[Pob255]

Wow that does look good for a stock cooler How big is the fan? 80mm x 15mm?

Oh and the motherboard should come with 2 sata cables (well 2 is pritty standard)

you may want to consider the Sliverstone TJ08 if you're going for an mATX motherboard
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Silve...silver-w-o-PSU
also comes in black

I've not yet had any problems with Ebuyer
Here's the ebuyer asus M3A78-EM link
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150278...oduct_overview

one final word of warning, quite a few motherboards only have 1 keyboard/mouse socket on them now, so you may need to get a new USB keyboard or mouse

[staffsMike]

My asus board only had one PS2.

Yeah the fan is pretty low profile and around 80mm, maybe 70mm.

Haven't checked how loud it is yet but it's very nice for stock, at least I know I have a worthy spare for either the phenom or X2

[Merlin]

Cat: With Hexus free shipping from Scan vs expensive shipping w Ebuyer, it might work out different. I'll do sums...

Re PS2 connectors, mouse is Logitech MX620 cordless laser, keyboard is boring Microsoft, but both are USB so no probs there.

Thanks all for your continued assistance

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Cat: With Hexus free shipping from Scan vs expensive shipping w Ebuyer, it might work out different. I'll do sums...

Re PS2 connectors, mouse is Logitech MX620 cordless laser, keyboard is boring Microsoft, but both are USB so no probs there.

Thanks all for your continued assistance

Ebuyer has free Supersaver postage over £49.99 still so you should be OK!!

[Sputnik]

Cat: With Hexus free shipping from Scan vs expensive shipping w Ebuyer, it might work out different. I'll do sums...

Re PS2 connectors, mouse is Logitech MX620 cordless laser, keyboard is boring Microsoft, but both are USB so no probs there.

Thanks all for your continued assistance

How does that work ?

[Sputnik]

Ebuyer has free Supersaver postage over £49.99 still so you should be OK!!

I saw that on one of their motherboards but, When I went to checkout it had added £9.99 for postage, So I didn't buy it.

[BlackDwarf]

Did you select free postage in the drop down shipping box?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

How does that work ?

Check this out:

http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-he...0-07-08-a.html

http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-he...tup-guide.html

With Ebuyer you do need to select the "Within 5 Working Days" Option to get free postage. It also does say free postage on the item description BTW. In many occasions they have despatched quicker than that so it is fine!!

[magneticman]

i've used super saver 3 times with ebuyer, and twice I got the item the next day

brilliant store tbh.

[Merlin]

Ebuyer have been pretty decent IMHO although YMMV. However on Scan the next highest up Asus 780G motherboard costs over £70!! At that price you can get a 790GX motherboard so it is a tad overpriced!!

Would there be a problem with the M3A78-PRO? Just that it's in stock at Scan. I tried to go to eBuyer, my existing account is dormant and registering a new account means you have to ship to billing address, which I'm not at!


Either that, or I could go back to the Biostar.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would go with the Asus M3A78 PRO. The Biostar has a faster GPU and is crossfire capable which is better if you are playing games but for your purposes the Asus should be fast enough. The Asus has all solid capacitors which means the motherboad should also have a greater lifespan(in theory) than the Biostar.

[Merlin]

I ordered the stuff for delivery on Friday (because I won't be in tomorrow), expect me back if the build doesn't go smoothly...

Many thanks to all for your help, you lived up to how I remembered this place