Recomend one please...

Kornowski · 11-14-2006, 06:16 PM

Could anybody recomend a motherboard that would be compatable with an AMD Athlon XP 2400+?
What socket would it be?
For under £70...

Thanks.

Jet · 11-14-2006, 06:28 PM

Most likely, you will want to upgrade to a newer motherboard/cpu. Socket A really isn't worth putting any money into.

Kornowski · 11-14-2006, 06:49 PM

http://www.pcupgrade.co.uk/productde...categoryid=272

I found this, Would it be compatable with my Athlon XP?

Does anybody know what socket the Athlon XP needs?

Jet · 11-14-2006, 07:21 PM

You will need a socket A motherboard, and no, that won't work (it's a socket AM2, not A like you need.)

Kornowski · 11-14-2006, 07:32 PM

Thanks, but I can't find any mother boards with 'Socket A'... I also need an AGP slot and also 3 minimum RAM slots...

Jet · 11-14-2006, 07:34 PM

That's because it is a fairly old socket. Since then, there has been Socket 754, Socket 939, Socket AM2, and Socket F, the most familiar being Socket AM2. If you still want to keep your graphics card and DDR memory, one option would be to upgrade your motherboard and processor to socket 754, which still uses DDR memory and the AGP slot. You might be able to find a Socket 939 motherboard with AGP, though it mostly uses PCI-express.

Kornowski · 11-14-2006, 07:47 PM

Thanks a lot!
I found this one, It looks like it have everything and it isn't too expensive!

http://www.pcupgrade.co.uk/productde...categoryid=261

Jet · 11-14-2006, 07:50 PM

Your choice, your money

Kornowski · 11-14-2006, 08:04 PM

I just found out that the motherboard I was looking at doesn't support PC2700 RAM, Bummer!

I guess I'm well and truly stuck, unless I upgeade near enough everything! Which I don't want to do/

Kornowski · 11-16-2006, 07:50 PM

I found out I have this one at the moment:

ASUSteK A7N8x-LA

Is this one better? http://www.pcupgrade.co.uk/productde...categoryid=261

Thanks

11-14-2006, 06:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	Most likely, you will want to upgrade to a newer motherboard/cpu. Socket A really isn't worth putting any money into. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

11-14-2006, 07:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	You will need a socket A motherboard, and no, that won't work (it's a socket AM2, not A like you need.) __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

11-14-2006, 07:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	That's because it is a fairly old socket. Since then, there has been Socket 754, Socket 939, Socket AM2, and Socket F, the most familiar being Socket AM2. If you still want to keep your graphics card and DDR memory, one option would be to upgrade your motherboard and processor to socket 754, which still uses DDR memory and the AGP slot. You might be able to find a Socket 939 motherboard with AGP, though it mostly uses PCI-express. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

11-14-2006, 07:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	Your choice, your money __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

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