14-05-2009, 10:43pm
Volvi Wrote:Been frakking with my 7 yr. old tower long enough. Things got so frakkin slow so time for a new tower.
I normally always get my stuff from MSY but theyve gotten too big and cant count on theyre service especially if theres a prob.
So I found this mob who is practically around the corner with good prices and from what I can see good service. He also sells on ebay where I found him and so far I do recommend him. His name is Peter.
So what did I get:
Intel Dual Core E5200 2.5GHz,
4GB DDR2 RAM,
500GB SATA HDD,
ASUS P5KPL-CM
Ebay Link
advertised for $488, I got from the shop for $470.
PS.Yea I know 32bit only recognises up to 3.5 gig Ram. But am ready for 64 bit and I dont need major graphix.
Hi Volvi, Vista 32-bit SP1 should support 4GB on your board. I run 8GB on a GA-M55-S3 through a Athlon 64 Dual core 46600 at 2400GHz using Vista 32-bit SP1 and it sees the whole 8GB. I did a lot of work updating the BIOS first so as to use 2008 64-bit Data Centre with Hyper-V setup for infrastructure and app testing but my main OS is Vista and it works fine with the 8GB. I see you have some over-clocking space too. By the way, Microsoft are getting there market ready with Windows 07 to move away from 32 bit systems and have officially released a statement that 2003 server will be there last 32-bit server OS, the desk tops are usually next so you may want to start on Vista to get ready for 07.
Banter