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Old December 7th 10, 08:38 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homedesigned,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.intel
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Default 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.
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Old December 7th 10, 09:20 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homedesigned,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.intel
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Default 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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