- Jan 19, 2012
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Hello,
Long time reader, first time poster. These forums have always been tremendously useful, but now I have a question I'd like to ask rather than just lurk.
I recently replaced the E6600 Conroe in my EVGA 680i board with an E8400. I always like to repurpose parts, and a friend might need a new PC. So, with a spare CPU and a few other spare parts, I was considering building something based around the E6600 for short change.
One big problem is finding a reliable new LGA 775 board. The old reliable ones are largely discontinued or have skyrocketed in price, and the newer LGA 775 boards have reports of flakiness abound. After sifting through lots of available boards with notably high failure rates after 9+ months, the ASUS P5G41T-M LX3 has come to the surface.
It doesn't seem to have the swath of failure reports that other boards have, but there isn't a lot of information on it period. Does anyone have experience with these? Are they fairly reliable in lifespan? It likely won't be overclocked much if at all, which was the biggest fault I could find about it.
If anyone has any experience with it, positive or negative, I'd very much appreciate information on it.
Thanks!
The current spare parts list is as follows:
Intel E6600 2.4GHz (Conroe): Never overclocked, always well cooled, four years use.
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB or 320MB: 640MB Used for about three years. Replaced with Radeon 5770 due to 8800GTS no longer meeting my peculiar needs for display hookups. 320MB used for about a year before the motherboard croaked.
Corsair 650TX or OCZ GameXstream 700W: Corsair used for about a year before the MB it was attached to died of old age. OCZ was used for about three years and removed because slightly rattling fans annoy me.
Antec 300: Bought and shelved. Still NIB. Not that cases usually go bad...
DVD Burner: I've got a few spares that work without problems. All lightly used.
1TB WD Caviar Black: Assuming the dead motherboard didn't take it to the grave too, it only had about a year of use on it.
Long time reader, first time poster. These forums have always been tremendously useful, but now I have a question I'd like to ask rather than just lurk.
I recently replaced the E6600 Conroe in my EVGA 680i board with an E8400. I always like to repurpose parts, and a friend might need a new PC. So, with a spare CPU and a few other spare parts, I was considering building something based around the E6600 for short change.
One big problem is finding a reliable new LGA 775 board. The old reliable ones are largely discontinued or have skyrocketed in price, and the newer LGA 775 boards have reports of flakiness abound. After sifting through lots of available boards with notably high failure rates after 9+ months, the ASUS P5G41T-M LX3 has come to the surface.
It doesn't seem to have the swath of failure reports that other boards have, but there isn't a lot of information on it period. Does anyone have experience with these? Are they fairly reliable in lifespan? It likely won't be overclocked much if at all, which was the biggest fault I could find about it.
If anyone has any experience with it, positive or negative, I'd very much appreciate information on it.
Thanks!
The current spare parts list is as follows:
Intel E6600 2.4GHz (Conroe): Never overclocked, always well cooled, four years use.
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB or 320MB: 640MB Used for about three years. Replaced with Radeon 5770 due to 8800GTS no longer meeting my peculiar needs for display hookups. 320MB used for about a year before the motherboard croaked.
Corsair 650TX or OCZ GameXstream 700W: Corsair used for about a year before the MB it was attached to died of old age. OCZ was used for about three years and removed because slightly rattling fans annoy me.
Antec 300: Bought and shelved. Still NIB. Not that cases usually go bad...
DVD Burner: I've got a few spares that work without problems. All lightly used.
1TB WD Caviar Black: Assuming the dead motherboard didn't take it to the grave too, it only had about a year of use on it.
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