I need a new motherboard. Any recomendations

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Can anyone tell me some motherboards that fit my computer.

It need to have at least and handle

1 pci x16 slot
CPU-Intel Pentium 4 Socket 775
Prefered DDR3 ram if not DDR2 is fine

Im not really into that much overclocking or anything. And i dont want to spend a fortune either however if there is one expensive ill look it up on ebay or kijiji.

This motherboard just needs to run World of Warcraft on highest graphics
Thxs for your help
 
A motherboard that can fit your computer? Do you mean the motherboard form factor? If the case is a mini tower, then you'll need a mini ATX, otherwise an ATX is fine.

If you're looking for motherboards that can use DDR3 that's AMD base, look for motherboards with these chipsets:

RD790
RD890

For an Intel based motherboard with DDR3, look for these chipsets:

P35
X38
X48
G41
.
.
.

There's a long list, I won't post them all. The most common are X38 and X48. There's a newer chipset, X5 something, but I don't know a whole lot about it. Make sure to check if the motherboard is compatible with DDR3.

DDR3 chipsets support more than one PCI-E at 16X (depends which).

If you want to use a 775 socket, then you should look for a P35 chipset, me thinks.
 
siz is an atx i can fit that and thxs for you mobo list ill look those up
there are so maby mobo out there
 
They're just chipsets, not the actual motherboards. Motherboards base their designs according to the chipset- that's what I've learned. If the chipset allows for DDR3, then the motherboard can use DDR3. If you need a certain chipset to use a certain CPU socket, then you need that chipset.

I can't really offer good motherboards, but what I can offer are good manufacturers. ASUS is one of the best, Gigabyte, and Biostar. Those are the three main ones that I know of.

**And also, make sure the CPU you select can use DDR3. CPU also plays a role in that. Also, make sure what's the DDR frequency it can use. The average is 800Mhz. If it can't use RAM with a higher frequency, then you can't use any with a higher frequency, unless you OC (I think).
 
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Val said:
Can anyone tell me some motherboards that fit my computer.

It need to have at least and handle

1 pci x16 slot
CPU-Intel Pentium 4 Socket 775
Prefered DDR3 ram if not DDR2 is fine

Im not really into that much overclocking or anything. And i dont want to spend a fortune either however if there is one expensive ill look it up on ebay or kijiji.

This motherboard just needs to run World of Warcraft on highest graphics
Thxs for your help
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You don't need DDR3 for a Pentium 4. Unless you're building a brand new socket 1366 system. Pentium 4s, at their best, would need DDR2-800. A non-dual core (dual cores would say Pentium D, except Celeron D, which are still single core.) It would help to know what Pentium 4 you actually have, but 2gb of DDR2-800 ram would be enough regardless of what you have, but you may get off a little cheaper getting DDR2-667 if your processor is quite a bit older.
Do you have a video card in mind? Most people get max settings with between a GeForce 9600 and 8800gt.
The ATI 4830 is on par or beats the 9800gt/8800gt (pretty much the same card), and this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102822 costs $85 with free shipping, and a $10 MIR (so it'd be $75.)
 
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