Merlin007 Posted March 29, 2011 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1077 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8454 Content Per Day: 1.72 Reputation: 7341 Achievement Points: 75137 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Share Posted March 29, 2011 Looking for feedback on a decent motherboard to go with. Got a birthday coming up so i need to give my wife some suggestions. hehe I am looking for a mobo to move some of my existing hardware onto so i can use my new graphics card that doesn't fit into my current gateway pc. grrr (good pc out of the box but for upgradeability, gateway proprietary crap). anyway, board needs to accommodate an AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor, DDR2 memory, have PCI-e 2.0, and preferably 10/100/1000 Lan. Got a low budget so also needs to be under $100. I have been doing a lot of searching so just wondering what experiences others have had with certain boards and brands. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Renegade45 Posted March 29, 2011 Member ID: 1915 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 289 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 11 Achievement Points: 1955 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 08/15/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted March 29, 2011 The one i used in my previous computer is the GiGabyte GA-MA785GPM-UD2H awesome board was 107.00 after tax in florida and had some great perks ! google it and check it out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted March 29, 2011 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1077 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8454 Content Per Day: 1.72 Reputation: 7341 Achievement Points: 75137 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 Thanks Renegade. I see that this is an ATI graphics board. Can i install my nvidia card on this board? i've never been clear on that aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Renegade45 Posted March 29, 2011 Member ID: 1915 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 289 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 11 Achievement Points: 1955 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 08/15/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted March 29, 2011 yes you can its a cross dresser lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
007andahalf Posted March 29, 2011 Member ID: 1142 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 96 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 24 Achievement Points: 747 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 7 Birthday: 11/21/1964 Device: Windows Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi Merlin not sure how old your PC is but once you start changing the graphics card etc you may need to upgrade the power supply - not expensive option but it may stop your system working at key moments in battle if not powerful enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted March 29, 2011 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1077 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8454 Content Per Day: 1.72 Reputation: 7341 Achievement Points: 75137 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 Appreciate the advice 007. PSU good to go. Looking at board Renegade had mentioned and another Gigabyte model i found online today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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