Motherboard help

poz99

poz99

poz99

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Hi
Hope someone here can help me.
I have an old dell 8400 pc with a 3.2 p4 (socket 775) and 3 gigs of ram (2x512 +2x1024 ddr2 that i believe is 400mhz). Since buying a new core duo rig, i wanted to put this into another case and use it on my tv. I bought a silverstone media case and everthing was looking great till i found out that dell uses a non atx format motherboard and doesn't fit.

Can anyone suggest a replacment mb that will support my cpu and as much of the ram as possible? I am looking for the cheapest option.

Thanks in advance
 
How about a Gigabyte DS3? It'll support your CPU, up to 16 GiB RAM (with a 64-bit OS) and it should last a long time with its solid capacitors.

If you want a lower spec mobo for the rig you could go for an Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2.
 
Thanks for the recomendations.

I had been looking at the asus board.

The thing that had confused me most was that neither board stated it worked with ddr2 400 ram. Is ddr2 the same as dual channel? I'm sure that's a stupid question but I need to know.
 
No, DDR2 and dual channel are separate technologies. All those boards will take DDR2 RAM (rather than older DDR RAM). All of them will also run the memory in dual channel mode if the RAM modules you install support dual channel operation.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
No, DDR2 and dual channel are separate technologies. All those boards will take DDR2 RAM (rather than older DDR RAM). All of them will also run the memory in dual channel mode if the RAM modules you install support dual channel operation.
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The Asus board states DDR1
 
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