[buchanan]

hi

i'm pretty much decided what to buy now, but one thing worries me:

i've decided on the second asus board, the more expensive one, it seems better but the part you put the processor in seems different (it has a dark plastic top to it rather than the cheaper model which is metal and exposes the processor when secured).

my concern is that there would be no contact with the fan on the more expensive board, and what this would mean when it comes to applying thermal paste.

i opened mine up earlier and it seemed more like the cheaper, exposed one with paste on top of the processor and on the bottom of the fan touching each other

i prefer the dearer board but am not sure about this plastic cover it seems to have, what do you think? i can include some photos if it would help.

as ever, thanks in advance
buchanan

[alex]

Firstly, apologies for the delay in replying. My ISP is having major service issues in my area at the mo.

Anyway, what you're seeing on the pic is simply a piece of plastic protecting the socket for the cpu.

Remove that and the metal will show! :D

[buchanan]

Originally Posted by alex

Firstly, apologies for the delay in replying. My ISP is having major service issues in my area at the mo.

Anyway, what you're seeing on the pic is simply a piece of plastic protecting the socket for the cpu.

Remove that and the metal will show! :D

thanks alex, i did buy that one (asus p5l) and some arctic silver 5/arcticlean from ebay.

expecting them monday or tuesday

i'll let you know how i get on.

[alex]

Yeah, let me know. I'd be interested.

Any problems, shout up.

[buchanan]

hi alex and all hows it going?

i just got my new mobo and tried to fit it,
unfortunately there is a component in the way which prevents me seating my geforce 6600gt graphics card, so...

i'm just going to send it back and swap it for another one

question i have is they have some different ones now like this one:
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/123750
with an nvidia chipset-NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

would this suit me or should i stick to the 945 chipset? which is better?

thanks alot

[buchanan]

or what about 965 chipset, here:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113965

[alex]

Hi Buchanan.

Sorry to hear about the troubles with the original mobo you purchased.

Out of the two you've posted on the links my preference would be the P5B, but when you take into account the price increase over the Nforce 4 board (This chipset is also very good) I'd be tempted to go for the Nforce.

But you need to be aware the Nforce board only supports a 800mhz fsb and upto 667mhz ram, the 965 board supports upto a 1066mhz fsb and 800mhz board.

Considering your other components it's not too much of a problem now, but come upgrade time you might feel a bit short changed with the Nforce mobo.

The 945/965 chipsets are Intel's 'mainstream' chipsets. The 965 is basically the newer revision of the 945. I personally prefer the 965 chipset over any other chipset out there.

[buchanan]

Originally Posted by alex

Hi Buchanan.

Sorry to hear about the troubles with the original mobo you purchased.

Out of the two you've posted on the links my preference would be the P5B, but when you take into account the price increase over the Nforce 4 board (This chipset is also very good) I'd be tempted to go for the Nforce.

But you need to be aware the Nforce board only supports a 800mhz fsb and upto 667mhz ram, the 965 board supports upto a 1066mhz fsb and 800mhz board.

Considering your other components it's not too much of a problem now, but come upgrade time you might feel a bit short changed with the Nforce mobo.

The 945/965 chipsets are Intel's 'mainstream' chipsets. The 965 is basically the newer revision of the 945. I personally prefer the 965 chipset over any other chipset out there.

thanks alot man

so i would be all right with a 965 with my hardware (cpu ram etc)?

if so i would like this one but the others are cheaper so
out of the nforce and a 945 like this one

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/126198

which would be better nforce or 945?

if you were to recommend a board what would you suggest?

cheers alex

[alex]

Originally Posted by buchanan

thanks alot man

so i would be all right with a 965 with my hardware (cpu ram etc)?

if so i would like this one but the others are cheaper so
out of the nforce and a 945 like this one

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/126198

which would be better nforce or 945?

if you were to recommend a board what would you suggest?

cheers alex

Yeah, your other components will work.

Out of the Nforce and 945 chipsets I'd have to say Nforce.

My recommendations are always based on bang-for-buck, so I'd have to say the P5-B you've already spec'd yourself matey. Very good mobo.

[buchanan]

hey guys,

got my new mobo this morning: Intel DP965LT.

stuck it in and it booted fine, couldn't believe it, thought i'd never get it going.

thanks for all your advice alex, you really sorted me out cheers mate.

i've taken it apart again to clean it properly and arctic silver 5 the cpu, i'm just unsure on a couple things:

can i use kitchen towel to clean off the cpu and use the arcticlean, does it count as lint-free? or do i need a special cloth.

also when i wired the front panel, i'm not sure of one thing:
here are the front panel instructions:

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...panelinstr.jpg

my power led is only 1 bit to cove the pins instead of 2 like in the instructions,

i have put it over pin number 2 and put the ground on pin 9, NC, leaving pin 4 exposed (should i put the single power led on 4 and leave 2 exposed),
should i put the ground on the number 4 (free power led)
at the moment, i have the ground on number 9 pin, should i use the ground on the power led or on pin 9?

basically i don't know where to put the ground and whether i've put the power led on the right pin, cause it's only one bit to go on the pins and not two bits to stick on both pins

sorry, i know thats waffle and probably doesn't make any sense, but what do you think?

buchanan