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TedM · 06-17-2005, 11:32 AM

Hi Folks.

I've been quite impressed with the quality of the advice I've seen on this forum concerning other topics, so I've joined to ask a question of my own.

I want to upgrade CPU and motherboard. Mine are both old and tired. (MSI MS-6738 w/133FSB, Athlon XP2600)

For various reasons, I would like to use the AMD Athlon XP 3200 CPU - I can discuss why in another post/thread, but that's not my question.

Here's what I need to know - I'm extremely confused as to which mobo is "best" for this CPU - so many choices!

I'm not a gamer, but I do want to do some quality video capture to make DVDs from various analog and digital sources - home movies of vacations, etc. This would probably be my most intensive application. I've got a Turtle Beach Video Advantage PCI setup for this, but the rest of the system (esp. the mobo onboard graphics) is too slow, and drops many frames.

I've looked at the AMD mobo recommendation page:

http://www2.amd.com/us-en/recmobo/ResultsHandler/1,,30_182_869_4348^7923~63674,00.html

and see a lot of great choices, but how to choose?

Anyone care to jump in with some solid advice?

Thanks!

06-17-2005, 11:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
TedM Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 8 OS: xp home	ANOTHER PC Upgrading Question. Hi Folks. I've been quite impressed with the quality of the advice I've seen on this forum concerning other topics, so I've joined to ask a question of my own. I want to upgrade CPU and motherboard. Mine are both old and tired. (MSI MS-6738 w/133FSB, Athlon XP2600) For various reasons, I would like to use the AMD Athlon XP 3200 CPU - I can discuss why in another post/thread, but that's not my question. Here's what I need to know - I'm extremely confused as to which mobo is "best" for this CPU - so many choices! I'm not a gamer, but I do want to do some quality video capture to make DVDs from various analog and digital sources - home movies of vacations, etc. This would probably be my most intensive application. I've got a Turtle Beach Video Advantage PCI setup for this, but the rest of the system (esp. the mobo onboard graphics) is too slow, and drops many frames. I've looked at the AMD mobo recommendation page: http://www2.amd.com/us-en/recmobo/ResultsHandler/1,,30_182_869_4348^7923~63674,00.html and see a lot of great choices, but how to choose? Anyone care to jump in with some solid advice? Thanks!