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Probably the Asus P5P800-SE is the motherboard you are looking, less than $90, with adjust votages, and AGP + DDR support your old components. But personally. I don't think Northwood 3.0gHT->PD 805 is a worthy upgrade unless you overlock a lot,say >3.5G. If I were I'll wait until Conroe.
What's your room temp? Here in Toronto, room temp was ~20C a few days ago, my CPU(P4 LGA775 2.8 @ 533) ,temp was 45-50C when idle, <60C under load. Now, the room temp rises to ~30C, the CPU temp jumps to 55-60C idle, and <70C under load.
I moved a KT3 Ultra motherboard + AMD Althon XP 1900 to an older ATM case+300W PS. There are always beeps when shutting down the machine. After the screen goes black, power is still on and I begin to hear long beeps. I have to turn off the switch at power supply to make it go away; pressing the...
I am trying to find a low cost intel 775 motherboard to pair with a spare P4 2.8G (533MHz FSB, unlocked:14-21)and may later upgrade to future low cost INTEL dual-core CPU. I have done search over internet recently, decided this probably the more suitable one.
Pros:
* low cost: CAD$65.99 @...