Maybe I should have a put a :-) at the end. The OP said he had some old stuff that he wanted to reuse, well he may have had some DDR memory and the cost of decent DDR2 memory is still pretty high, ok you can get the cheap stuff, but I have learnt with this computer that cheap memory is not the best way to go for a higher spec machine. I got away with it on my old 2.2 socket A machine, but not on this dual core thing.

You are right, I am not going to say you are wrong, it is better to buy hardware that will be supported for at least 12 months. computer hardware is moving so fast now that you buy something today and it is almost out of date by next week.

I am sorry if you took it the wrong way, it was not intended to be taken that way. I am not a fan of Intel, never have been and I doubt I ever will be, even if my laptop is Intel based, but then Intel is better on Lapops chipset and processor than AMD.

Now calm down :-)

Right work time

My mistake.

As has been said there are some on eBay but look pricey for higher spec.

Sorry guys I don't realise this thread was still running; in the end I took a MSI 754 mobo and accompanying processor with 1Gb of Kingston memory; the Intel solution from where I buy bits was a little more expensive, plus I've always used AMD in the past with no issues, but one day I will build an Intel set.

Thanks again - Blue

Edited by deleted (Thu 14-Jun-07 23:41:01)

Nice one I hope it keeps you going for a long time, I just used the Intel stuff as an example tbh not a recommendation. Glad you got it all sorted out

Thanks Rich - I'm just wondering what I'm on at the moment!!!

'I don't realise'

Blue

Edited by deleted (Fri 15-Jun-07 16:46:41)