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Originally Posted by tran0322
What is the best motherboard brand? I've heard good things about gigabit, and have had a bad experience with asus. i traded it, and got another crappy motherboard to replace it.
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That's a controversial question. Despite your bad experience, Asus are generally considered to be one of the best around. DFI make superb boards for overclocking. It's difficult to generalise based on a brand, though, and better to look at the individual boards in question.
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Does chipset really matter? i've heard bad things about via.
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Yes, the chipset does matter. nVidia's nForce chipsets are about the most popular, for AMD at least. The VIA chipsets are generally not great, but again it depends on the budget.
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what is a good cpu for multitasking, and video editing? i have an amd 1.6 GHz, and my sister has an emachine with 2.66 Ghz that she got for $400 at walmart and it's better than mine.
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In single core chips, the Pentium 4s will outperform the AMDs in this area. If you budget can facilitate it, though, it's highly advisable to go with a Dual Core CPU (the Pentium D 805 really isn't expensive, anyway). In this case the Pentium Ds are great at the budget end of the spectrum. The AMD X2s generally perform better, but also cost more. Take a look at
Computer Specs 101 for some systems advice (even if you don't get the whole computer, you can at least take a look at the mobo and CPU recommendations in different price ranges).
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also i think one of my problems was with compatibility. My computer friend scoffed at me when he saw what was inside my computer. I want to rectify this, but $$ is scarce.
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Your other system specs will be necessary for us to determine that. Your RAM should be standard DDR, so you'll need to get a board that supports that. Your video card (if it's not integrated) will likely be AGP. If it is integrated, your new board will also have to have integrated graphics, unless you want to buy a graphics card as well. Your PSU may also be inadequate.
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