I cant seem to find any AGP motherboards that support AMD 64bit cpus on the site; basically, my AthlonXP CPU is broken, and im looking to replace that and the motherboard, with a more recent CPU, namely, the AMD 64 bit one. At the moment, i have a 6600GT gfx card, with an AGP interface, hence the reason i want to purchase an AGP motherboard >_<
OverclockersUK dont do AGP mobos anymore?
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Asrock 939Dual-SATA2
£42.24 (inc VAT)
PCI-E and AGP.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Others__Asrock__BFG___Foxconn__174.html
£42.24 (inc VAT)
PCI-E and AGP.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Others__Asrock__BFG___Foxconn__174.html
The ASRock boards do exactly what you're after - fairly decent boards for overclocking too.
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although they are the same make
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I see threeNess said:thats one motherboard
although they are the same makeOnly one that makes sense tbh, it has a PCI-E 16x for when you upgrade, even though there are decent AGP cards still coming out like the 7600 GT, PCI-E is better value and has the 'proper' bang for buck cards, like X1800 XT/X1900 GT @ £150.
Heres another though (out of stock atm):
Gigabyte K8NC-939 nForce3
£58.69 inc VAT
Alright then, thanks. One last thing, the interface for Hard Disk Drives doesnt realy matter does it? I can't remember what type of HDD my HDD is since i'm not by my PC, but all motherboards support any type of HDD right? Excuse my lack of PC knowledge ;p
Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-119-AM)
2 of the 3 upgrades i need
The third upgrade is a new Power Supply Unit, my stock one that came with my Case was pretty weak, and wouldnt allow me to run my 6600GT at it's non-overclocked full potential. After buying these 2 components, the CPU and the Mobo listed above, im left with around 40 quid, so please OverclockerUK community, help me pimp my PC!!
Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-119-AM)
2 of the 3 upgrades i need
The third upgrade is a new Power Supply Unit, my stock one that came with my Case was pretty weak, and wouldnt allow me to run my 6600GT at it's non-overclocked full potential. After buying these 2 components, the CPU and the Mobo listed above, im left with around 40 quid, so please OverclockerUK community, help me pimp my PC!!
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Pretty much all motherboards manufactured in the last few years support SATA and IDE yeah. One caution would be if you are buying a recent LGA775 board as many of those only have a single IDE channel which seems to be intended for use with a CD/DVD drive (an IDE drive would work, just if you have say, one DVD drive and one DVD/RW you'd be out of luck with any hard drives).
You could get the Tagan 330 Watt for that but your not leaving yourself much room for future upgrades. If you went a little higher for the Seasonic S12 430W you'd be fine with a dual core, several HDs and something like an X1800/X1900 XT, well worth the extra future proofing for less than £20 more imo.
