new cpu/mboard

[1337_KR3W]

Looking at getting an old rig going again, its in need of a new mainboard and chip. It had 2800+ and a dfi lanparty nf2 board off the top of my head, the important bits i need are onboard sata (4 sata drives).

I was having a look at the AM2 chipset stuff, 3800+ socket AM2, and Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-144-AS).

I have 1gb corsair ddr ram at the moment, do i need to get ddr2 for it to be compatible with this lot?

I noticed the AGP slots seem to be dying out, i have a 9700pro so it is an option to get a board with an AGP slot, but also an option to get a reasonable graphics card, but I dont know anything about the new ones.

Can you please post recomendations for CPU + MOBO, Graphics card if changed, and ram if changed + a total price?
I can afford to go for round about £500, but can sway if it would be benificial to.
I also will need a waterblock to fit the chipset.


Thanks

 

[1337_KR3W]

Thanks for your help, I think my psu should be ok, if it is i will pay the extra for better graphics card, I can always add the ram in a few months.
I just need to find all the leads because its a modular one and i've moved house since i bought it lol.

Cheers

 

[1337_KR3W]

on the topic of increasing the ram can that board take 1gb sticks or 512mb sticks?
it doesnt seem to be stated anywhere in the specification.