Which cheap s939 mobo for my Opty 146? VGA built in?

[psychy]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a cheap s939 mobo for my Opty 146. I've never Oc'ed before so this will be my first time.

I was thinking, since i dont play games etc, would be cheaper to get a board that has VGA built in?? All i want from the VGA is for it to have DVI and be able to display to a 19" TFT at a decent resolution.
Otherwise, would it be better for get a normal cheap DVI GFX card??

I also use stardard Kingston PC3200 ram....2x512MB sticks. CL3 stuff....nothing special.

Any recommendations??


Thanks all
Psychy

[nichomach]

Well, onboard VGA ought to be fine for what you're after; how about http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=437662 ?

Or http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3WBS ? (specs at http://msicomputer.co.uk/Products.as...3697&cat_id=77 )

[psychy]

Thanks mate. Saw this board earlier at work today, but the board only has 2 PCI slots. I need about 4-5 of the lovelies....so a proper ATX board.

Also, bit stoopid Q: SATA-II is back compatible with SATA-I right? i.e. I can use my SATA-I HDs on a SATA-II port?

Finally, the FSB/HT speed of the board is 1000MHz...on others it is 2000MHz....whats that for? Which one do i need? (sorry....i'm so ignorant about OC'ing...)

[BUFF]

That Gigabyte is probably fine.
Abit nF-95 actually overclocks pretty well but you need to use Clockgen as the BIOS is very limited.

MSI K8NGM2 is good if you can find 1.

edit: just saw your post - there aren't too many (any?) full ATX 939 boards with int. gfx.

No problems with your HDDs.
It's 1000MHz each way so some people call it 2000.

[psychy]

Thanks guys.

Tbh, it doesnt have to have VGA onbard....I guess i'll just source a cheapo DVI GFX instead. Nothing major.....think a good board is the most important thing at the moment.

Saw the MSI board @ Dabs earlier too....again it's has too few pci slots.

[BUFF]

you might struggle to find a PCI-E board with 4-5 PCI slots.
perhaps an AGP board like an MSI K8N Neo2?

[chuckskull]

The newer K8n neo4 has PCI-e, 4 PCI slots and a couple of PCI-e x1 too. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=209818

Best i can think of for your needs.