written by jasonking92 on 05/04/2011
FIRST of all i would like to say how pleased i have been
with the constant good service i get from aria.
i find there prices are very competative.
and there delivery service has all ways been on time and well packed
and they have a excellent aria forum :)if you have problems or questions
all in all i give this company a 5+ star rating for service and pricing
TO any one thinking of building a system useing the
dell xps 430 barebones go for it i have built 4 useing this
base unit all you need to add is:-
1.sata dvd/cd optical drive.
2.sata II harddrive any size(has caddys and sata cables for 2 sata drives)
3.LGA 775 socket processor (INTEL E5700 or INTEL Q6600 both work well).
4.ddr3 memory 1066/1333mhz both work fine.
5.basic pci-ex graphics nvida/ati (psu has a 6pin graphics power cable)
if like me you get the system when the price is at around £79 (base unit)
then you can build a fully working VERY NIPPY DDR3 INTEL X48 CHIPSET PC
for around £200 and it does not stop there as if you like the xp os
and have a dell xp install disk sp3 then you can install the xp as it is
a dell motherboard the xp operating system will self activate giving you
a fully activated xp operating system ;)
if you do install xp you will need the below 2 drivers
google dell xps 430 xp sound driver to find a download link
and run this to get the sm buss x48 chipset driver
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17949&ProdId=861&lang=eng
hope this helps every one
regards jasonking92