right ive got an asus A7V8X-X mb,

http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=...27&modelmenu=1 this one


iwant 1gb memory for this board, thought i'd grasped it, but keep seeing

so can anyone tell me what i need? and a link to buy it? www.ebuyer.com or www.aria.co.uk would be nice as used them for stuff before

 

and while your at it looking for an amd xp2000, 2200, 2400, 2600 chip etc 2000 min, is it as simple as would that work?

and a graphics card need something ( probably from ebay ) thats will run mame and sega / snes emulators nicely on a TV so needs a TV output

 

The ASUS motheboards are fussy with the RAM timings and many cheap OEM memory modules fail on these motherboards because of this factor. For Asus motherboards I generally use a good quality memory, my prefered brand is Corsair as they have a lifetime warentee.

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/54473

With regards to AMD AthlonXP you are better off buying a AthlonXP mobile if possible because although these are still socket A processors they produce less heat and run at lower voltages than the desktop models but will fit in the same motherboards... the mobiles have better stability and tempratures... they also overclock better if thats your thing.

A good cheap graphic card to run with a SNES emulator would be a Nvidia Geforce 3 Ti500 , the golden samples are the best if you can get hold of one.

Mame is the best emulator if you want that kind of thing as it emulates classic arcade games

http://www.mame.net/
http://www.mameworld.net/

 

been into my emulators for awhile, now want to build a dedicated pc for it, and also upgrade my main pc while I'm at it

 

whats the difference of socket A and socket 462? will either chip fit inthe above board? if not is anyone better?

 

Its the same thing, socket 462 was its development name and is still used to a certain extent however its better known as socket A

 

cheers, why can't they just stick to one name!

 

Because the guys at AMD care enough to help me look intelligent

 

right still after some memory, got a bit more cash so looking to get 1gb to run with my 512mb stick

now can anyone post links to ones that will run on my mother board?

 

Your after DDR400 (pc3200) RAM sticks, according to one of your preferred sites they only do up to 512MB sticks so you would need to buy another 2 to make 1 gig, thats assuming you have the space on your motherboard for another 2?

 

Not sure about the A7V8x-X motherboard (mine's the non-X version, below it), but be careful about DDR-speeds on all the slots. Mine will only take one DDR400 stick, then the other two have to be DDR333.

 

Dan in his first post hes got a link to his mobo and it says on there that its DDR400

 

Yes, exactly as mine was advertised!

I see they've also included the small-print on the advert, though (I had to search through online manuals) --> "Note: PC3200 Max. to 2 banks only; PC2700 Max. to 4 banks only", where PC3200 = DDR400, and PC2700 = DDR333.

So, 2*512MB DDR400 would be fine for 1GB, but 3*512MB DDR400 for 1.5GB would not be......I've got a 1GB stick and 2*512MB in mine, so it forces it all to run at PC2700/DDR333 speeds.

 

cheers for the top info, hmmm really not sure what to do, upgrade the ram, or start again?

AMD 64 x2 4200 ( socket AM2 ) chip £130 ish, hmmmm

 

The one ive got, had it 2months now and it flys

 

new thread time https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...958&highlight=