General Skanky
Prominent Member
I'm about to buy a Gigabyte GA-7AVXP motherboard.
The plan is to use an AMD XP 2200+ or 2400+ if it drops a bit in price soonish.
Q1. As it's 8x AGP, and some of you say that it is incompatible with the Radeon 9700, is that a universal problem? Crucial Memory are selling a Radeon 8500LE for £71+VAT which they 'say' is compatible with the board.
Q2. What cooling method do you all use for AMD? I've read the posts on the Zalman Flower, but what decent alternatives do you use?
Q3. PSU. I'm now going for the 431W Enermax at Overclockers unless there is a better one that someone knows about for the same money?
Thanks.
The plan is to use an AMD XP 2200+ or 2400+ if it drops a bit in price soonish.
Q1. As it's 8x AGP, and some of you say that it is incompatible with the Radeon 9700, is that a universal problem? Crucial Memory are selling a Radeon 8500LE for £71+VAT which they 'say' is compatible with the board.
Q2. What cooling method do you all use for AMD? I've read the posts on the Zalman Flower, but what decent alternatives do you use?
Q3. PSU. I'm now going for the 431W Enermax at Overclockers unless there is a better one that someone knows about for the same money?
Thanks.