Upgrading my computer to a motherboard/mobo. with an i7 950 CPU...
Hello!
I am thinking of replacing my current motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc. to an Intel i7 950 CPU, its motherboard, and new RAM. I am still going to use my old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 (don't need 64-bit and newer Windows at this time since my old softwares still work). Is this going to be OK? I can't decide which motherboard to go with: 1. Newer GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R (less stable and more bugs?) 2. Older EVGA X58 FTW3 132-GT-E768-KR (more stable and less bugs?) My current computer specifications (primary computer) details can be found at http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt ... I do not overclock/OC, tamper with hardware settings, etc. Thank you in advance. :) -- Quote of the Week: "To the ant, a few drops of dew is a flood." --Iranian /\___/\ Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. If crediting, ( ) then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. |
Upgrading my computer to a motherboard/mobo. with an i7 950 CPU...
On 12/7/2010 2:38 PM, Ant wrote:
Hello! I am thinking of replacing my current motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc. to an Intel i7 950 CPU, its motherboard, and new RAM. I am still going to use my old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 (don't need 64-bit and newer Windows at this time since my old softwares still work). Is this going to be OK? I can't decide which motherboard to go with: 1. Newer GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R (less stable and more bugs?) 2. Older EVGA X58 FTW3 132-GT-E768-KR (more stable and less bugs?) My current computer specifications (primary computer) details can be found at http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt ... I do not overclock/OC, tamper with hardware settings, etc. Thank you in advance. :) I have 32-bit XP SP3 running on BEAST, my number-crunching i7 machine (it lives in the cellar and BEAUTY my other i7 lives up here with me) and everything is fine and it only ever gets restarted once a month on patch day. BEAST reports that it has a MSI X58 PLATINUM SLI(MS-7522) 1.0 motherboard which was probably the cheapest simplest available when I built the system a bit over a year ago. As long as proper XP drivers are available for whatever MB you choose I'd guess that it would work. |
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