Good Upgrade?

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So my motherboard finally died and now I'm in the market for an upgrade, I'm planning on getting a new mobo, proc, and psu. And I want to spend under $300, so with that in mind do you guys think that this is a good setup? or should I get a cheaper proc and a better mobo or something like that?

I'm not too happy that the mobo isn't available anymore even though it was last night, so if you guys know of a better one that has onboard video give me some suggestions.

mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138264

psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817104953

processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103562

Thanks
 
The processor is good, but as for the mb I would get something with the Nvidia 6150 on it if you plan to use onboard graphics. But I have that mb that you listed, and it is a pretty good stable mb...
 
What video card do you currently have? Remember: if it's AGP, you can't use it with this motherboard---or pretty much any motherboard coming out these days.
 
I was using just my old onboard video, but I'm planning on getting a pci-e vid card in a couple months
 
Here's an intel alternative. If you have an old agp or pci card to use, you could go with this (agp and pci-e, ddr and ddr2, mild oc'ing - 300Mhz fsb):
$180 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M sharing L2
$55 - ASRock 775Dual-VSTA Socket T (LGA 775) VIA PT880 PRO
$42 - FSP Group AX400-PN 400W PSU
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$277 + tax and shipping

If you don't have an agp card to use, stick with s939 to use your old ram (mild oc'ing - 300mhz fsb):
$160 - AMD Opteron 165 Denmark 1.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core (Comes with heatpipe HSF, good up to 2.7Ghz OC (9x300mhz))
$57 - Foxconn 6150K8MA-8EKRS Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX ($67 - $10MIR) (Can OC nicely)
$42 - FSP Group AX400-PN 400W PSU
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$260

Both boards have a pci-e slot for your future vidcard upgrade.

What are your current specs? (the parts your migrating over to the upgraded system)
 
I'm keeping

2 x 512 meg sticks of RAM
2 x 250gig HDDs
1 x 40gig HDD
1x Sony DVD Burner

I dont know the actual stats on the RAM its been a couple years since I bought em.
 
that abit is fine. though, it only has 2x sata3g ports, 10/100 nic, and no firewire. i like the foxconn because of its overclocking options. i have my 3800+ running at 2.4ghz w/ stock (non-heatpipe) hsf and 1.35v. the gf6150 gpus are slightly better for media pc's, and my box doubles as a lan rig as well as a media pc.

Here's a comparison of the boards:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...2E16813131570,N82E16813130041,N82E16813138264

btw, the opteron is a server chip, runs cooler, and requires less stock voltage: good for oc'ing.

If you have a Fry's near you, they had the 3800+ x2 w/ ECS RS482-M mobo for only $160 (both retail boxes). That's where I got mine, but I just ditched the mobo.

EDIT: the abit only has a 2GB limit... should be fine for vista, but if you want 4gb, i'd suggest one of the other boards.
 
hey ok, now that I've seen that I like the look of the ASUS and I was just wondering if any of you all have some comments on that or the BioStar because I'm leaning towards those 2. Also, I'm trying to buy this sometime this week so quick replys would be grealy appreciated.

Thanks
 
The asus has onboard dvi and gigabit (it uses the 430 mcp instead of the 410). For only $5 more, I'd go for the ASUS A8N-VM CSM over the Biostar Tforce.
 
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