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I own one laptop, a desktop system with a K8N Neo4, 64 bit AMD CPU & 4GB RAM and another desktop system with a MSI K7N2, 32 bit AMD CPU & 1GB RAM. The latter two machines run XP, are ancient and now slow and VERY unreliable. I want to replace them with a single system and would appreciate help in choosing a motherboard, CPU, etc..
Applications are spreadsheet, word processing, listening to music and extensive Internet access for email and research purposes. I don't watch films or play games on a PC. I don't currently use anything like Photoshop but would quite like to start.
I would like a motherboard that offered at least 4 x SATA, and lots of USB ports. Ideally I wpould also like to have 2 x PATA and a couple of PCI slots to allow me to access my old hard disks and use some old PCI cards. For the present I would use an existing graphics card, two screens, keyboard and mouse.
I am not particularly looking for a small motherboard since I will be using an existing case.
Any suggestions for a suitable motherboard, CPU, CPU cooler and RAM please?
Many thanks in advance
Applications are spreadsheet, word processing, listening to music and extensive Internet access for email and research purposes. I don't watch films or play games on a PC. I don't currently use anything like Photoshop but would quite like to start.
I would like a motherboard that offered at least 4 x SATA, and lots of USB ports. Ideally I wpould also like to have 2 x PATA and a couple of PCI slots to allow me to access my old hard disks and use some old PCI cards. For the present I would use an existing graphics card, two screens, keyboard and mouse.
I am not particularly looking for a small motherboard since I will be using an existing case.
Any suggestions for a suitable motherboard, CPU, CPU cooler and RAM please?
Many thanks in advance