What parts should I get for an ASRock x58 Extreme motherboard
- by Brad Gilbert
I just received an ASRock x58 Extreme motherboard, for my post on this question. It was a 2009 Tom's Hardware recommended buy.
It is a Core i7 motherboard, with an X58 Express Chipset. It uses DDR3 RAM.
What I want to know is, what parts should I get to finish it off.
I'm looking for some good bargains, because of a lack of funds.
The most taxing game I will probably play on it is OpenTTD.
The only parts I currently have that are compatible:
A Dynex 400W power supply.
It appears to be an ATX 2.1 power supply, with the addition of a -5 rail. Apparently designed to be compatible with most ATX-style motherboards.
Several PCI add-in cards.
Mostly 10/100 Network cards
Some sound cards
Some video cards with a VGA connector
Plenty of PATA drives.
8 GB - 80 GB Hard-drives
A dozen or-so CD-ROM drives, only a handful of them are CD-RW drives.
One DVD-ROM drive
I have one LCD, with a 15 pin VGA connector, which I salvaged from the dump. The only thing wrong with it was some dead capacitors. It also has a stuck pixel.