new PC...saving some money...

[danmon_81]

current monitor has DVI and analogue (will upgrade in the future)

 

[arad85]

DVI should be fine then. If you ever go to dual monitors a cheap graphics card popped into the PCI-e x 16 slot would do you there...

 

[danmon_81]

Only has a a single 6GB/s (SATA 3) HDD socket too, plenty of standard HDDs in 1TB and larger sizes in the 6GB/s format available now so why put a slower HDD in the system?

do you mean i couldnt add an additional 6GB/s...1tb+ HDD (or better) afterwards beacuse there's only one slot??

 

[wyx087]

Only has a a single 6GB/s (SATA 3) HDD socket too, plenty of standard HDDs in 1TB and larger sizes in the 6GB/s format available now so why put a slower HDD in the system?

no mechanical hard disk drive can exceed 3Gbps at the moment. SATA 6 HDD are for marketing purposes only.

i also ran SSDs with SATA3 with no noticeable speed difference when i changed motherboard. there are 6 SATA ports on the motherboard i posted earlier. after initial HDD, SSD and DVD drive, you still got got 3 ports for future expansion purposes.

(in fact, i've got my second SATA6 port empty at this very moment (high end Z68-UD5), it will only come in useful when 512GB SSD become affordable for a Steam games drive. to be honest i massively over spec'd my motherboard, but then it was second hand and costed the same as new ones i needed. )



what monitor will you be using?

also keep in mind ultra high resolution monitors won't work, will require a cheap graphics card. i've got a U2711 requiring dual-link DVI. none of the DVI ports on motherboard will work with it.

 

[danmon_81]

currenly have a Dell standard tft i think...would like to be running a high res monitor in the next 6 months...suppose i can always upgrade GC later on

 

[wyx087]

it won't be any problem as long as you stay below 1920x1200. full HD is 1920x1080.

 

[danmon_81]

cheers everyone for the advise i really appreciate it!!! PC ordered...Ext HDD ordered

 

[Sarky]

cheers everyone for the advise i really appreciate it!!! PC ordered...Ext HDD ordered

Excellent, hope it goes well for you.

As for the Gigabyte slaters, booooo to you! I have the same motherboard in another PC and its solid as a rock, like every other Giga board I've owned

 

[neil_g]

Excellent, hope it goes well for you.

As for the Gigabyte slaters, booooo to you! I have the same motherboard in another PC and its solid as a rock, like every other Giga board I've owned

Gigabyte support can suck my disk

 

[si465]

Well done, look forward to hearing how you find it. Always nice having a fresh new PC!

I have a gigabyte board too, didn't like the first lot of RAM I bought it but otherwise is OK. No brand is perfect!

 

[neil_g]

Well done, look forward to hearing how you find it. Always nice having a fresh new PC!

I have a gigabyte board too, didn't like the first lot of RAM I bought it but otherwise is OK. No brand is perfect!

Mine didn't like any ram support basically said "meh, use our outdated compatible list"

 

[Sarky]

Gigabyte support can suck my disk

I've found them to be extra helpful compared with Asus, quick UK turnaround too.

Everyone has different experiences though . Sounds like you were unlucky

 

[neil_g]

Everyone has different experiences though

absolutely, same reason i wont use netgear storage products