Help choosing a new motherboard

MrVanDango · 06-06-2008, 01:58 AM

Hi

Built myself a new system (decided to start gaming) and i need to buy myself a new motherboard as my current only support PCI-e 4x.

Currently I have:
Asrock motherboard 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA775
Intel CPU Pentium DualCore E2180 2x2.0GHz 800MHz 1Mb LGA775
2gb Kingston DDR II 667mhz RAM (upgraded from 1.5gb DDR I)
250Gb Western Digital HDD (IDE0 - Master)
Sony DVD-RW (IDE0 - Slave)
500Gb Seagate Barracuda HDD (IDE1 - Master)
Phillips DVD-RW (IDE1 - Slave)
Gainward Bliss GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E
730 Watt Hiper Power PSU

I'd like ATX as opposed to MicroATX and I don't really want to spend more than £50/60 if possible as i've already spent more than i should (and the missus is moaning).... Any suggestions?

dai · 06-06-2008, 05:05 AM

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=487

MrVanDango · 06-06-2008, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dai

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=487

Thanks... I'll have a look!

MrVanDango · 06-18-2008, 07:43 AM

I decided to go for the above in the end... Thanks for the advice dai!
Much appreciated!

06-06-2008, 01:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
MrVanDango Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 26 OS: XP Pro sp3	Help choosing a new motherboard Hi Built myself a new system (decided to start gaming) and i need to buy myself a new motherboard as my current only support PCI-e 4x. Currently I have: Asrock motherboard 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA775 Intel CPU Pentium DualCore E2180 2x2.0GHz 800MHz 1Mb LGA775 2gb Kingston DDR II 667mhz RAM (upgraded from 1.5gb DDR I) 250Gb Western Digital HDD (IDE0 - Master) Sony DVD-RW (IDE0 - Slave) 500Gb Seagate Barracuda HDD (IDE1 - Master) Phillips DVD-RW (IDE1 - Slave) Gainward Bliss GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E 730 Watt Hiper Power PSU I'd like ATX as opposed to MicroATX and I don't really want to spend more than £50/60 if possible as i've already spent more than i should (and the missus is moaning).... Any suggestions? Last edited by MrVanDango; 06-06-2008 at 02:06 AM.

06-06-2008, 05:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,575 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Help choosing a new motherboard http://www.benchtec.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=487 __________________

06-18-2008, 07:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
MrVanDango Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 26 OS: XP Pro sp3	Re: Help choosing a new motherboard I decided to go for the above in the end... Thanks for the advice dai! Much appreciated!