Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|7022|Scotland
Lo dudes, I'm just gonna ask you some questions to do with my new system (see sig)


Now, I'm only waiting for my motherboard and then I'm good to go. However, I have opted NOT to go for an SLi board at this moment in time because of the fact that I really won't need 2 cards to enjoy games at the moment.


The motherboard, which is here.


The thing I noticed, is that the mobo doesn't have an nVidia chipset, which is understandable. But with the Intel chipset, will it allow my gfx card to run smoothly?


Also, PS/2 or USB?


I've used PS/2 since forever and still can't find any faults. Or is USB better for gaming users like me?
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|7038|Salt Lake City

Your video card will run just fine.  Intel has the best chipsets on the market.  In fact, nVidia is brand new to the Intel scene, and I would hands down take an Intel chipset over an NV chipset.

As for USB or PS/2, it doesn't really matter.  I like USB because it is more common now, and is hot swappable.

Last edited by Agent_Dung_Bomb (2006-08-31 09:52:26)

Twist
Too old to be doing this sh*t
+103|6826|Little blue planet, milky way
Yeah.. There is really only one downside to USB... It requires CPU to work... If you have a slow CPU, USB will take up too many resources.. but in todays modern world.. You hardly notice the 0.5%... And seeing as most mice are "only" available as USB (or with USB->PS2 converter), go for it....
I'm still on PS2 Keyboard though... I can't get myself to trust a USB keyboard....
Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|7022|Scotland
cheers guys, that's a great help. Received the motherboard yesterday and it looks like I got a lot to do with this in terms of tweaking.

Also, I noticed quite a funny thing in my CPU cooler manual:

Due to the weight of the cooler exceeding normal standards, please remove the cooler before computer transport to prevent problems to the cooler itself and...
hehehehe...

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