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godbrother   09-30-2009 at 04:44:08 AM

Hi, I'm looking for the cheapest motherboard in the U.K that has PCI-e and DDR2 (and of course LGA775)

I don't care if it was manufactored in some old ladies bassment by a nerd... type cheap! Biostar what ever. It has to be cheap!

What can you recommend me? I was thinking around £15. Anything above that and I can get MSI ones of ebay.

Thanks!!

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godbrother   09-30-2009 at 05:04:15 AM
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I found this, its the cheapest on ebay:

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/prod [...] -us0000243

Does this support GDDR3/PCI-e 2.0?

Also, is it a semi-decent overclocker? I was hoping to overclock a E5200 to 2.8Ghz.

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RAM: 2GB DDR2 Dell 800Mhz
GPU: 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3
HDD: 160GB Maxtor Sata II 7,200RPM
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godbrother   09-30-2009 at 05:09:40 AM
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Scrap that, I found an even cheaper one.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ECS-945GCT-N [...] 286.c0.m14

Any good for the E5200?

------------------------------ CPU: Pentium 4 641 - 3.2Ghz - Hyper Threading - 2MB Cache - 800Mhz FSB - 65nm
RAM: 2GB DDR2 Dell 800Mhz
GPU: 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3
HDD: 160GB Maxtor Sata II 7,200RPM
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johnnyq1233   09-30-2009 at 05:25:54 AM
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get a job and then try and comprehend what it costs to put a board like that together.......
You want cheap and then two days later you're gonna want people to try and help you oc that POS.
If you want cheap and any decent oc then go for the FOXCONN I've had 3 and they are great boards!
But, if you want total flexability then go for the GIGABYTE boards like the one in my sig...it's AWESOME!!!!!!

JQ

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SystemPat   09-30-2009 at 10:32:50 AM
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If you are going to go that cheap, don't worry about overclocking. Be glad that a random collection of parts will run at stock speed. Might be cheaper to shop used systems or garage sales than to pick up parts. Unless you know somebody that has boxes of PC parts.

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jedimasterben   09-30-2009 at 03:31:25 PM
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Uhm, that second one only supports up to the Pentium 4's, so no Core for that one, and the first one you listed is a VIA chipset, and you won't find any overclocking settings for that one.

Also, why would you want to overclock a chip by 300MHz? You'll see almost no difference.

Lastly, being so cheap that you don't even read the specs will get you absolutely nowhere.

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godbrother   10-01-2009 at 03:25:14 PM
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jedimasterben wrote :

Uhm, that second one only supports up to the Pentium 4's, so no Core for that one, and the first one you listed is a VIA chipset, and you won't find any overclocking settings for that one.

Also, why would you want to overclock a chip by 300MHz? You'll see almost no difference.

Lastly, being so cheap that you don't even read the specs will get you absolutely nowhere.



Are you 100% that the foxconn can't overclock? If so, can you reccommend the cheap"est" (not cheap) motherboard out that that is some what good. I don't want to break the £25 barrier.

------------------------------ CPU: Pentium 4 641 - 3.2Ghz - Hyper Threading - 2MB Cache - 800Mhz FSB - 65nm
RAM: 2GB DDR2 Dell 800Mhz
GPU: 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3
HDD: 160GB Maxtor Sata II 7,200RPM
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jedimasterben   10-03-2009 at 06:28:31 PM
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I'm not sure.

What website would you be ok with ordering from (and not ebay)?

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godbrother   10-04-2009 at 03:27:30 PM
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jedimasterben wrote :

I'm not sure.

What website would you be ok with ordering from (and not ebay)?



Any website in the U.K / that ships to the U.K. I also don't mind going to £30. Any advice?

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RAM: 2GB DDR2 Dell 800Mhz
GPU: 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3
HDD: 160GB Maxtor Sata II 7,200RPM
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