motherboard upgrade

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Queeg

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Hello all,

I am going to update my cpu. It's an old athlon xp 2700+, so therefore going to a newer processor will be a new chipset so I'll need a new mother board also. I have 2 gigs of corsair ddr2 and an agp 7800gs.

What I need is the best agp motherboard out there with the fastest possible processor ability. I know some will say agp is obsolete now, but I love my card :). Also, I don't really care about staying with amd, so intel chipsets will work too.
 
I'd rather go for the cheaper board with no pci e because when I do build a new computer I'll be buiding it with entirely new components. The first recommended board ooks good to me with it's two ide slots.

Now, I'm pretty sure I'm going with the first recommendation
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138038

What is the fastest processor I could run efficently on this motherboard?
 
Its your call, but considering core 2 duo's are similarly priced to the am2 variant and are noticeably more powerful and energy efficient. The saving of $20 doesn't make sense. If like you say you are going to do a build from new in the future you could drop a decent core 2 duo in or even quad and use it in your new build! Just my 2 cents i am no expert, go with what you think will serve you best.

good luck with the build!

ps both of the boards have 2 IDE slots.
 
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Raise109 said:
Its your call, but considering core 2 duo's are similarly priced to the am2 variant and are noticeably more powerful and energy efficient. The saving of $20 doesn't make sense. If like you say you are going to do a build from new in the future you could drop a decent core 2 duo in or even quad and use it in your new build! Just my 2 cents i am no expert, go with what you think will serve you best.

good luck with the build!

ps both of the boards have 2 IDE slots.
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Yeah the 2 ide ports was a big factor. Now if I did choose this board, what is the intel equivalent to the am2 6400+ windsor? Also, what do I have to watch out for in terms of the motherboard bottlenecking the cpu?
 
Queeg said:
Yeah the 2 ide ports was a big factor. Now if I did choose this board, what is the intel equivalent to the am2 6400+ windsor? Also, what do I have to watch out for in terms of the motherboard bottlenecking the cpu?
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You would have to get a different motherboard that is Socket LGA775 to use an Intel Intel Core 2 Duo processor. But I am curious also. Is the Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 Allendale (2.4 gigahertz) equivalent to the AMD 6400+ Windsor?
 
well if u want an good motherboard then you should go for Asus motherboard with Amd 5400+ processor with 1 Gb ram and 250 Gb hard disk.....................
 
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=946&model2=882&chart=435
is a good place to compare cpu's, there is a drop down box to see the different benchies :)

A core 2 duo E6750 is the best match price-wise i can find to the AMD 6400+ ((www.scan.co.uk) AMD 6400+ Black edition =£118.65 INTEL E6750 =£115.02) Both will have similar performance until it comes to media encoding and the like then the INTEL takes a noticeable lead, over clocked INTEL's will go through the roof.

As for bottlenecking its difficult to say not having tested one, a good review based on a board in the same family is located here: http://www.pro-clockers.com/review.php?id=207

Your best bet would be to pick a price and build from there, you have 2 options on the table to chose from one AMD one INTEL both will end up with a similarly powerful rig cost for cost.
 
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