what to do about a new rig or rebuild !

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:08 pm

my intel 6600 unit seems to bit the dust.the onboard video took a crap. the board didn't come with a slot for a real video card replacement . do to tight $$$$ its going to be a couple of weeks before i can rebuild or replace.
i'd like to get your imput as to what to build or buy .the unit still was running IDE hard drives as my main and slave. I'vd had the unit sitting for weeks now .today it was a damp wet day so i put it on the work bench. it been there so long i forgot why i pulled the unit . this tells me i really dont need a power house any more . hell im not even gaming any more at all .?

NubyCanuby_OFC · Post by **NubyCanuby_OFC** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:40 pm

I would get an inexpensive motherboard and video card.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:59 pm

I assume that the processor is still good. If so, I'd just find a mobo with built in video & call it good. If you get the bug again, then you can slap a video card in if you feel like it.

Here's a good choice:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813135232

Built in video/audio/TWO IDE ports (getting rare these days). No negative reviews out of 34 (that's unheard of on Newegg). Free shipping & a rebate if you go for those things.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:38 pm

thanks normalicy i order one tonight .hope the cpu is not my problem but got no beeps . just no post even and old mb had only onboard video .

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:57 am

Hope it works out for ya.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:01 am

Oh crap, I just looked again & I may have done you wrong. It's only showing 1 IDE port. The other was a floppy (sure looked like IDE the first time). Hope that doesn't mess things up.

theophilusmousse · Post by **theophilusmousse** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:33 pm

worst case scenario you could get a controller card with an ide port. (as long as the board has a free slot of course) I know you can pick up a cheap one at newegg for around $15...

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:42 pm

glad it turned out to be a bad motherboard after all ! i made the right choice .i will order a diffrent controller card in a day or so and all be good again as all i have is a ata 100 and i really could use a ata 133 controller card

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:02 am

Glad to hear it worked out. I've run into more bad motherboards in the last 5 years than ever (from pretty much every manufacturer). It's actually getting kind of annoying.