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If this motherboard will be suitable for a home PC -

http://microdirect.co.uk/(22029)Foxconn-K8M890M2MBRS2H-Motherboard-Skt-AM2.aspx

I bought a MB once and it must of been for a server as it had no CD drive connectors ;/

2007-11-28 04:39:05 · 9 answers · asked by GeeMail 4 in Computers & Internet Hardware Desktops

9 answers

Should be fine for home use

2007-11-28 04:43:11 · answer #1 · answered by Pascal 4 · 0 0

Quite cheap and not a very well-known name: I wouldn't touch it, preferring to pay extra for something like Gigabyte. I found out before when I used a PC Chips motherboard.

As for no CD drive connectors, CD is connected as an IDE drive, often as a slave in the primary IDE channel. At one time there were some CD drives that operated through the sound-card, maybe you had one of those.

I note that the motherboard will support a RAID (redundant array of independent drives) but, presumably, you do not have to use that feature.

To answer your original question, I think the motherboard would be suitable for a home PC but I think you could do better. Personally I'd use Gigabyte because I have found them so reliable in the past.

2007-11-28 05:04:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Looking at the board, it has 2 IDE connectors (bottom on the board midway across - one blue and one white). Those would be used to connect your IDE hard drive(s) and CD drive(s).

If the last system board you brought did not have IDE connectors, it was probably not a server board (as every server I have ever supported as had CD drives), but rather a SATA board. It is a newer technology that is replacing the IDE slot. It is faster and will probably be the "standard" in another couple years. But you have to purchase a CD drive with a SATA, not an IDE, connector. IF you want to PC to stay "current" for more than a couple years, go with a SATA board instead of the older IDE.

2007-11-28 04:54:51 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0 0

hi alex
yes mate,this will be fine for the p.c you are building,however this is a basic atx motherboard with limited options for expansion
it only has 2 x dimm slots for memory expansion,bare in mind you will be filling one of these up straight away,and with only 2 x pci slots these will probally be filled by a n.i.c(network interface card) and another usb pci card or a sound card
on the positive side it does have a x16 pic-express slot for the latest graphics cards and also sata plugs if you wish to use sata drives instead of the older ide hard drives
this has the full 2 x ide slots for cd roms and hard drives and as previously mentioned it has 2 x sata plugs
yes alex this is a good solid motherboard and well worth the asking price,any problems during the build let me know
good luck mate !

2007-11-28 05:33:43 · answer #4 · answered by brianthesnail123 7 · 0 1

Yes that will work. However take note that this motherboard does not have a processor already installed. Some people new to computer building will buy motherboards like this w/o realizing they need to buy a processor as well.

Have fun building!

2007-11-28 04:45:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

That will work but I would buy a more current motherboard that will run a core2 duo for about the same money. Check out this link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131212
That board will run the core 2 duo, then just add this memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134044

And this processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115031

For a more complete guide to building a system from the ground up see my forum:
http://www.hollandpcservice.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=28

2007-11-28 04:47:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

A little limited, but it will do.

Get a decent video card, AMD dual core and lots of ram if you want to play games...

350W minimum power supply...

2007-11-28 04:44:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes, as it has SATA, IDE and A/V connectors it will be OK.

2007-11-28 04:44:21 · answer #8 · answered by Techno 7 · 0 0

hi...try this website as they will sell a barebones kit and its all tested for you memory..cpu..fan ..case..etc and you can still say you made it up, the price for all this is £129.00 if you in the uk

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-X2M41M

hope it helps

2007-11-28 05:01:35 · answer #9 · answered by big al 3 · 0 0

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