Processor/Mobo combo

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 7:26 am

Hi

Current setup (Pulsar II)

M/B - Asus TUSLC-2
Processor - Pentium III 1.2 Ghz
512MB SDRAM

I've been running on this for 5/6 years but need to upgrade. Can anyone suggest as to what products I could look at. I'm not a purist in the sense that I also use my music PC for work and play (games) as well as music. There is also the option of buying a pre-made tower. As I said I'm not a purist!! Just looking for a conflict free all round system. Any suggestions would be welcome, many thanks.

Post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:42 pm

stardust that is a good mainboard (intel d865perl)
Also saw some posts on this forum
regarding the Intel D875PBZ

However the 865 perl is a better option

Post by **garyb** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 7:45 pm

d865perl, what a nice motherboard....

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:55 pm

Hi

Might settle on a pre built tower in the end

Can anyone see any 'Pulsar 2' related problems with the following combo

Intel Pentium IV 'Prescott LGA775' 3.0GHz (800FSB) HyperThreading CPU
- Abit AG8 (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard

Thanks

Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:44 pm

Barry,

take the FREE advise given above by other creamWare users regarding a stable system and pick the Intel d865 perl. and custom build your system.

Lots to disable on the Abit AG8 (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard. Plus it cost twice the price of the 865perl.

Also if you look really hard on the mainboard you will see that one PCI may not be used as there are some capacitors in front of it that may cause the CW card not to fit in this slot.

http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/ ... -large.jpg

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Barry · Post by **Barry** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:22 pm

OK, have ordered the d865perl

Probably going to be tearing my hair out trying to build the thing but as you sayit's tried and tested.

Thanks for your help, may be popping back for some more once the bits and pieces arrive!

cheers

Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:02 pm

You will be taking care of here by the same users who have this mainboard in their PC.

valis · Post by **valis** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:12 pm

2 things to look out for when assembling... Get a groundstrap and keep yourself grounded while working, even when mounting the mobo, and make sure you mount as many of the motherboard holes to the backplane as you possibly can to keep the board from flexing. The screw holes with the copper surround (and the matching copper 'bolt/screws' that mount to the backplane) are especially important to insure good ground (also usually reduces psu related noise leaking into other things).

I never had problems in that regard (I'm always anal when building systems) but I know a few friends that have built systems without paying attention to those details and have had systems fail within a year...

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:17 pm

Thanks for the tips!

Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:17 pm

or simply let the store mount the mainboard for you on a case.

geoffd99 · Post by **geoffd99** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:58 am

Hi all
I have had major problems with an ASRock mobo, which I bought on the recommendation of the pc shop, I replaced it with a non VIA mobo, and all has been fine. I can't remember the make, just *** AVOID VIA ***. This is the essential thing, the rest is less important. My new good mobo is not Intel, I am not there right now to check.

I still have hyperthreading on in XP Home and it all is fine, also it needed no tweaks at all, whereas on the VIA mobo I was always tweaking, and still got occasional PCI overloads.

The most hard SFP thing was the Timeworks A-100 & I-100 reverbs which maxed out the PCI bus. But not any more, I can run several instances, and fill up my 3 cards (which is a lot of cards for the bus anyway) and all fine. 24 dsp.

But maybe as a precaution, get the shop to assure it will work, just in case you need to change it.