I think Mike's point was more in the line of having a mainboard & graphics card from the same manufacturer in the hope of preventing hardware conflict issues.
Dave On 11/15/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My simple logic tells me to stay away from motherboards with integrated > video card. Mainly because there is a fat chance you might run into a > conflict if you try to upgrade later. I talk from experience. > > If that's a problem depends on in you are an "upgrade guy" or a "buy all in > one box guy". > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike > wilson > Sent: 15. november 2006 14:38 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: [OT] Computer geeks: Hardware help requested > > Not a geek but I've been looking at ASUS boards, mainly bacause they also do > video cards and my simple logic tells me that there might be fewer conflict > issues. I've had their stuff in the last two machines with no problems at > all. > > > > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2006/11/15 Wed PM 01:15:36 GMT > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Subject: [OT] Computer geeks: Hardware help requested > > > > Since it's been about 3 years since I bought a new motherboard I'm not > > up to speed on the latest computer tech (and 6 months is about enough > > to get lost these days). > > I'm considering one of the AMD Athlon 64 x2 (dual-core) CPU's, probably > > the 3500+ or 3800+, and would appreciate any recommendations for > > motherboards, etc. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
