Is it a bad time to build new S775 rigs? I've just purchased some mini-ITX cases (see Hot Deals for more info) for cheap. I have a pair of S775 mini-ITX boards, with E3300 CPUs. (2.5Ghz dual-core C2D 45nm Celeron)
I'm torn between using the two Kingston X25-V 40GB SATA2 SSDs that I was given, for these two rigs, or whether I should use a larger SSD in them. (I have some new 120GB M500 drives, and a pair of 240GB OCZ refurb SSDs I'm currently using in my Q9300 rigs.)
The boards are Intel, so no OCing, though given the 60W limit on the PSU for the ITX case, that's probably a good thing. Two DDR2 RAM slots, currently filled with 2x2GB DDR2-667.
Would make nice web-browsing machines. No HDMI output, only two DVI, one DVI-I, one DVI-D. Unsure if it's possible to get HDMI audio out of the DVI ports.
I'm torn between using the two Kingston X25-V 40GB SATA2 SSDs that I was given, for these two rigs, or whether I should use a larger SSD in them. (I have some new 120GB M500 drives, and a pair of 240GB OCZ refurb SSDs I'm currently using in my Q9300 rigs.)
The boards are Intel, so no OCing, though given the 60W limit on the PSU for the ITX case, that's probably a good thing. Two DDR2 RAM slots, currently filled with 2x2GB DDR2-667.
Would make nice web-browsing machines. No HDMI output, only two DVI, one DVI-I, one DVI-D. Unsure if it's possible to get HDMI audio out of the DVI ports.