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Hello Experts,
I've always built my own PC's, I'm not extremely technical and don't really follow the news in hardware until I need to upgrade.
My current spec:
CPU: Athlon XP 2000+ (Thunderbird I believe)
Motherboard: Asus A7V333
Ram: 2x512 mb Kingston Value PC2700 (Not the best I'm well aware)
Harddrive: 2xWestern Digital Caviar WD3200JB (IDE)
Graphics: HIS X800 XT PE
As you can see I've recently upgraded my graphics card (before PCI-e though), and I'm content with my harddrives also.
My problem is that my Motherboard has ceased to function and instead of buying a replacement I would rather upgrade CPU/Mobo/Ram and leave it at that if possible?
I understand Asrock made a motherboard which can handle PCI-e AND AGP which is really appealing to me since I'd rather not have to buy a new gfx card already.
I would need a spec that would keep me going (Gaming) for prefarably 1½-2 years.
Main concern, which CPU/Ram would allow me to do this? If any at all?
Thanks for your time all.
I've always built my own PC's, I'm not extremely technical and don't really follow the news in hardware until I need to upgrade.
My current spec:
CPU: Athlon XP 2000+ (Thunderbird I believe)
Motherboard: Asus A7V333
Ram: 2x512 mb Kingston Value PC2700 (Not the best I'm well aware)
Harddrive: 2xWestern Digital Caviar WD3200JB (IDE)
Graphics: HIS X800 XT PE
As you can see I've recently upgraded my graphics card (before PCI-e though), and I'm content with my harddrives also.
My problem is that my Motherboard has ceased to function and instead of buying a replacement I would rather upgrade CPU/Mobo/Ram and leave it at that if possible?
I understand Asrock made a motherboard which can handle PCI-e AND AGP which is really appealing to me since I'd rather not have to buy a new gfx card already.
I would need a spec that would keep me going (Gaming) for prefarably 1½-2 years.
Main concern, which CPU/Ram would allow me to do this? If any at all?
Thanks for your time all.