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Scott H.

Scott H.

Joined on 12/14/04

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Read up on 1066 1st

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK

Pros: Nice timing parms if your board supports it correctly.

Cons: My Biostar- ATI TA790GX XE will clock it ok with a bump up 2.05 V but it won't let me set the some of the parms correctly- so it's not optimized in this board.

Overall Review: Make sure you understand the spd chip will not allow the bios to automatically interpet and set the correct parmeters for 1066 memory

Most Critical Review

Overated

Rosewill RV300 300 W ATX12V Power Supply
Rosewill RV300 300 W ATX12V Power Supply

Comments: The first time I powered it up it had the odor of fryed electronics and it was kind of noisy. It worked for about 6 months under a light load. It started smoking one day so I took it apart and found the rear fan connector had a cold solder joint (the connector was no longer soldered to the ps board)and it had quit running. I thought this specs were unrealisic and this just proved it. It shouldn't need 2 fans for the light load it was under.

Board has some issues

SOYO SY-P4RC350 Socket 478 ATI 9100IGP (RS300) Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
SOYO SY-P4RC350 Socket 478 ATI 9100IGP (RS300) Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Comments: Save yourself alot of headaches and don't enable USB 2 in Bios until you have the OS installed. I swapped out a PCChips M947 board with this one and the onboard video isn't in the same league. (The 947 has it own dedicated 64MB of DDR400 memory). The trouble with the 947 is that it has no video exspansion slot and is limited to a 400FSB. I need to use 2 monitors so this seemed like a good way to go for the money. It works but it has issues such as not shuting down when using 2 monitors and having to cycle one of the monitors on and off to get both displays working sometimes.