I'm getting worried about my cheap-ass ECS 848P-A. It's been giving me shoddy performance, and inconsistent hardware support. It's useable, but at a very basic level. So, I'll get straight to the point. I'm looking to get a new one before this one fails, which I've heard reports of here and there for many ECS boards.
I'm in college, and of course that almost always equals a tight budget, so I'm thinking $100 will be about the limit, as I'm going to also look into a SATA hard drive, among other associated miscellaneous things. The main features I want in it are basically what my current motherboard has, but just made by a little bit more trustworthy company:
Basic stuff (socket 478, 533/800MHz FSB, AGP 8x)
SATA controllers (obviously)
Dual channel RAM
The stuff I'm going to be using it with is:
P4 2.4GHz Prescott, 533Mhz, 1mb L2 (which will be overclocked)
512mb PC3200 Kingston ValueRam
Two IDE hdds, one or two optical drives
SATA hdd(s) will probably be ordered along with the motherboard
SB Live! 5.1
Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb (this information isn't really needed; I'm just throwing it in there because I'm always about half a year behind the newest and greatest technology, and I think I'm leading the pack in uber-fast graphax and want to brag to people who will most likely chortle at my expense while petting their x800 XT)
*ahem*
Sorry, I tend to go off on completely unhumorous and self-indulgent tangents.
Well anyway, all suggestions -- including those to take my own life -- are all welcomed and appreciated in advance.
P.S. Here's a funny mockery of some nondescript and stereotyped group of people that I can't fit into a funny category or anecdote about how I tried to avoid being so:
HAY GUYS WAT MOTHERBORED DO I BUY !
I LOOKING FOR TO COMPUTER PLAY ON GAMES,,,
AND MP#S LISTEN TO
PS HOW DO U CHANGE FONT TO FUSHIA COLOAR !
thx
I apologize for my idiocy. I haven't slept in a very long time.
I'm in college, and of course that almost always equals a tight budget, so I'm thinking $100 will be about the limit, as I'm going to also look into a SATA hard drive, among other associated miscellaneous things. The main features I want in it are basically what my current motherboard has, but just made by a little bit more trustworthy company:
Basic stuff (socket 478, 533/800MHz FSB, AGP 8x)
SATA controllers (obviously)
Dual channel RAM
The stuff I'm going to be using it with is:
P4 2.4GHz Prescott, 533Mhz, 1mb L2 (which will be overclocked)
512mb PC3200 Kingston ValueRam
Two IDE hdds, one or two optical drives
SATA hdd(s) will probably be ordered along with the motherboard
SB Live! 5.1
Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb (this information isn't really needed; I'm just throwing it in there because I'm always about half a year behind the newest and greatest technology, and I think I'm leading the pack in uber-fast graphax and want to brag to people who will most likely chortle at my expense while petting their x800 XT)
*ahem*
Sorry, I tend to go off on completely unhumorous and self-indulgent tangents.
Well anyway, all suggestions -- including those to take my own life -- are all welcomed and appreciated in advance.
P.S. Here's a funny mockery of some nondescript and stereotyped group of people that I can't fit into a funny category or anecdote about how I tried to avoid being so:
HAY GUYS WAT MOTHERBORED DO I BUY !
I LOOKING FOR TO COMPUTER PLAY ON GAMES,,,
AND MP#S LISTEN TO
PS HOW DO U CHANGE FONT TO FUSHIA COLOAR !
thx
I apologize for my idiocy. I haven't slept in a very long time.