What Kind of Motherboard???

[lastcorona]

I am planning on buying a new motherboard for my comp. I wanted to know what specs i should get on it... my price rance is 150-200$s. I am also going to buy a graphics card, im looking at 9600pro or 9700pro or even 9800pro, which is the best for my buck? THX

[InuTrunks]

Need more information, do you just want 200$ for everthing? Or just for the motherboard.


What kind of processor do you want? Is the 200$ included for the processor? (You won't get anything good with just 200$)

Also, I just bought a 9800pro myself. I love it.

My Specs:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2.0 GHZ (FSB 266 ><)
2x 512MB PC2700 (FSB 333 ><) (Yes, my ram is underclocked atm)
Radeon 9800pro

Score
4569-H

Still Trying to tweak the score ^_^. (Goign to upgrade to a 3000+ barton, and a new motherboard)


If you want a good motherboard, get a abit nf7 -s version2 motherboard. its about 114$ off of newegg. Then get a 3200 barton (FSB 400) and some pc3200 ram (get 2 of the same kind, kingston hyperX is expensive, but really good ram). I'd suguest if you want a power pc get 2x 512.

Let me know what you're looking for.

[lastcorona]

Well.....

I have a Pent 4 2.0 ghz right now, can i keep much what i have except get a motherboard with an AGP slot ? because thats pretty much what I need it for. I dont have an AGO slot and i need it for a decent graphics card. I would like to get my FSB up, i think its at 133 or something like that..... Im looking to spend 200 for just the motherboard. Graphics card another 200 , maybe ill dish out the 350 for the 9800 but i have a concern , i was told that u need at least 350 watts to run it or it can lead to problems. Im not so sure my comp can handle that. On my specs under POWER REQUIREMENT: it says 181.2 watts Maximum. Im not sure if it means that the computer is going to use a maximum amount of 181.2 watts or that it can only handle a maximum of 181.2 watts.

As u can see Im not very very comp literate but i appreciate your patience. THX.

[lastcorona]

Oh heres my Specs.

Model
PCV-RS100

Processor
2.0A GHz1 Intel® Pentium® 4

Standard Memory (RAM)
256 MB PC2100 DDR-SDRAM, expandable to 1.0 GB
(i upgraded this to 512)
Graphics
Intel® 845GL integrated graphics

Video Memory (VRAM)
64 MB max. (dynamically shared with system memory)

Sound Capabilities
Realtek® ALC650 AC'97 Codec

Expansion Capabilities
Hard disk drive bay
PCI slots (2)

Power Requirement
181.2 watts maximum

Voltage
120 V ~4A

[InuTrunks]

I don't know much about intel boards, sorry. ><