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[absent]

So I've been desperately looking for a socket 775 mobo for the last month, mainly cruising around on the carbonite forums.  Absolutely no luck.  Either the boards are bottom of the bottom end (Ie don't even have 4 ram slots), or they get snapped up in a matter of minutes.

This is basically a plea to anyone out there to help me find a 775 board for a Q6600, needs 4 slots for DDR2 Ram, and onboard lan, sound, etc.  If nobody here has one lying around, do you think I can approach retailers?  Any other ideas?

[Recho]

I've got one for you, where are you located?  I am going to force you to take my ddr2 ram as well if you want it though.

[absent]

Hey Recho, I'm in Durban, I'd love to take it.  I have 4x1gb ram, but ram's not expensive so no worries either way.  You will make my day if we can work this out.

[Silver6933]

You are one lucky guy.  There are no more new 4xram slot 775 boards from any retailers in SA.

[absent]

Yeah I know.  Really strange, I actually managed to secure two on the same day.  But dropped the one and going with Recho who has been awesome in helping with this.

[Senshi]

You do realise socket 775 boards have been end of life for quite some time now right?

[absent]

I do, yes.  It's just strange to me that there are lots of offers for 775 based processors, but almost no available boards.  I guess that would indicate that the boards are failing quicker than the cpu's.

[absent]

Just to say that Recho totally came through.  Thanks man.  I haven't had a chance to install the board yet but really awesome of him to basically donate his old board, cpu and ram.

Huge relief after looking for a board for a couple of months.  In that I can't be a part of the LAN crowd in jhb, it makes me really appreciate the community we have here!

[Wolvebain]

Awesome stuff!  Good on you Recho