New Motherboard for home use?
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From: shawn on 17 Apr 2008 18:27 I'm looking into getting a new system for home use. Mostly it will be internet usage (web browsing, email) with a bit of development on the side. I may play a few games on the system but it won't be anything cutting edge (no DX10 for me any time soon and no Vista either.) My plan is to get an Intel based system and run Windows XP on it. I will be bringing over an IDE based DVD burner and hard drive, but I also plan to get a new SATA HD drive too. I may bring over my Hercules Fortissimo sound card depending upon whether the new motherboard has a PCI slot and the quality of the on-board sound (assuming the new MB has on-board sound.) So any suggestions on what motherboard/CPU combination would be best? Looking around I see a wide variety of prices and options. I wouldn't mind getting a Wolfdale processor, and was looking at a dual core since it has a larger cache and sells for about the same as the 4MB cache C2Ds. However it looks like they are in short supply since NewEgg put them on back order. Also there's the price drop that's due next week which may change up what the best combination is. Any way, I can figure out the processor once the price comes down and I see about availability but I'm not sure about which motherboards are the best at this time. I don't need a loaded motherboard (which is probably good since it seems there are issues with them right now based on the Newegg reviews I saw.) So any suggestions you have would be appreciated.
From: BigJim on 18 Apr 2008 00:19 I just put together a system just like you are talking about. gigabyte board ga-945gcm-s2c 55dollars msi 8500gt 256 mb video 55dollars after rebate 2 gig of 667 memory 50 dollars Samsung sata dvd burner 30 dollars case and PS 50 dollars 320 gigabyte sata hd 89 dollars Seagate barr 16mb cache core2duo 2.4 allendale 140 dollars purchased all parts from newegg.com this system will do everything you want plus. you may want to consider a better board if you want to go to a core2quad. "shawn" <nanoflower(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:u5jf045hfi3r5btmbp4b1bndlan62hb8gr(a)4ax.com... > I'm looking into getting a new system for home use. Mostly it will be > internet usage (web browsing, email) with a bit of development on the > side. I may play a few games on the system but it won't be anything > cutting edge (no DX10 for me any time soon and no Vista either.) > > My plan is to get an Intel based system and run Windows XP on it. I > will be bringing over an IDE based DVD burner and hard drive, but I > also plan to get a new SATA HD drive too. I may bring over my Hercules > Fortissimo sound card depending upon whether the new motherboard has a > PCI slot and the quality of the on-board sound (assuming the new MB > has on-board sound.) > > So any suggestions on what motherboard/CPU combination would be best? > > Looking around I see a wide variety of prices and options. I wouldn't > mind getting a Wolfdale processor, and was looking at a dual core > since it has a larger cache and sells for about the same as the 4MB > cache C2Ds. However it looks like they are in short supply since > NewEgg put them on back order. Also there's the price drop that's due > next week which may change up what the best combination is. > > Any way, I can figure out the processor once the price comes down and > I see about availability but I'm not sure about which motherboards are > the best at this time. I don't need a loaded motherboard (which is > probably good since it seems there are issues with them right now > based on the Newegg reviews I saw.) So any suggestions you have would > be appreciated. >
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