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      28th Apr 2009
As a novice I am getting help from my neighbour who
is computer literate. He recommends a ASUS P5QL
motherboard which has a 775 socket, but
he is not sure of what CPU cooler to buy so as to fit in
to this motherboard , with an intel
dual core 2 chip. Any suggestion is much appreciated.
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      28th Apr 2009
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Originally Posted by telltale
As a novice I am getting help from my neighbour who
is computer literate. He recommends a ASUS P5QL
motherboard which has a 775 socket, but
he is not sure of what CPU cooler to buy so as to fit in
to this motherboard , with an intel
dual core 2 chip. Any suggestion is much appreciated.
Thanks

Hi

What are you gonna be using it for?


Some CPUS below

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s....html?IL-E8400

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s....html?IL-E7400


Cooler.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...tml?AC-FREEZ7P




What memory, hdd , grafix card and psu are you going to be using?
 
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      28th Apr 2009
Quality coolers:

Noctua NH-U12P £48.29 Add another 120mm Noctua fan for very effective push-pull cooling.

Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme £45.99 Plus a fan.

Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Tritium £47.14 Already has a fan.

I have the Noctua with an extra 120mm fan, best cooler I've ever owned.

I also have the cooler wizkd's linked to. For the money it does an adequate job.

You pays your money you takes your choice

I would also recommend Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound at around 7 quid a tube. It works.

Postage from OCUK on these items is typically around £8.00.

You may find slightly cheaper prices at other online suppliers, such as E-Buyer; Aria; Scan; Kustom PC's and Chillblast.

 
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      29th Apr 2009
Thank you wizkid and flooybootstomp for prompt response.

Normal uses are letters, burning dvd, music script, email, google, occasional games
My neigbours' recommended shopping list is:
ASUS P5QL-E Motherboard
1 port express IDE control card
Suitable cooler
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400, 2.8GHz, 1066MHz
thermal compound
Midi Tower ATX 350w 20+4pin 8cm fan
Kingston SDRAM 1Gb 1066 - 4Nos- QVL recommended

I will be using the following from the old computer:
60Gb Hard disk
240Gb Hard disk
Sound card Audigy
LG DVD burner
CD reader
USB 2 High Speed card
I wonder if I should renew the internet card.
 
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      6th May 2009
ASUS P5QL-E has 4 slots for SDRAMS for a specified maximum of 16GB.
For a DDR2-1066MHz capability, the QVL recommended sdram is only 1GB (maximum), meaning a total of 4GB one could go for.
Will there be any serious repercussions in using, say a 2GB in each slot, against this recommendation?
Your advice is much appreciated. Thanks
 
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What's QVL recommended? That's a new one on me.

If the board can take 16Gb then 8Gb would be recognised.

Whether it would ever be used fully is open to question.

 
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For what you say you will use the pc for I would stick with the Asus recomendation. 2 x 1GB of ram will do you fine you could always add an extra two sticks of ram if you ever need to.

I personally would get a better PSU, 350w of unknown manufacture is not a good cornerstone for a modern build. This should do you fine ,

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131052...roduct_reviews

I have the HX 520 and it is silent as in dead silent. They come with a five year guarantee aswell, oh and Corsair make some of the best memory in the world so thats a good indicator of the quality to expect.


 

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      6th May 2009
Thanks floppybootstomp and Abarbarian for your kind response.

QVL= Qualified Vendors Lists.
Sorry ,copy/paste of this info from web was not successful. If googled thus
'P5QL-E motherboard QVL DDR2-1066MHz capability' one will see this list of
recommended memory.
I will take the suggestion and stick 2x1GB for the time being.
Help much appreciated
 
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