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Limp Gawd
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I just got a pcix 7900GT and have no place to put it :(

Should I just get a new mobo that supports pcix and keep my 939/ddr or go all out? (is going all out worth it?)

any mobo reccomendations for pcix setup?
will need pcix, 939, ddr, 2xIDE, sata, 3xPCI

I'm looking at either the ASUS A8N-E or ABIT KN8
 
Just get the Abit K8N Ultra for only $75. Your CPU is still very capable. No point in spending on an entire system now unless you've got someone waiting for your current one, hehe (oh, and of course unless you have money growing on trees in your backyard... in which case, if you do, could I come over sometime?). :p
 
if I get a new mobo and a pcix card, what part will be the bottleneck?

i'm booting up on an IDE drive now as my current mobo doesnt have sata3.0 support.
 
It would most likely be your CPU and HDD. The CPU bottleneck shouldn't be that bad. You could easily get a Seagate 7200.10 model drive to solve the HDD bottleneck. However, upgrading everything will cost alot more than a HDD and Mobo (and even CPU).

Option1:
The good thing is this is the cheapest option. The bad thing is that its still s939.
$75 - abit KN8 Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
$80 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250620AS 250GB 7200RPM SATA300 16MB Cache
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$155 + tax and shipping

Option2:
The good thing is the dual core cpu. The bad thing is that its still s939.
$155 - AMD Opteron 165 Denmark 1.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939
$75 - abit KN8 Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
$80 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250620AS 250GB 7200RPM SATA300 16MB Cache
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$310 + tax and shipping

Option3:
The good thing is this is a core2duo that will romp on any current AMD CPU. The bad thing is that its basically a whole new system.
$181 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz
$100 - Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express (review)
$110 - G.Skill 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2-800 F2-6400CL5D-1GBNQ
$80 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250620AS 250GB 7200RPM SATA300 16MB Cache
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$470 + tax and shipping

Option4:
The good thing is this is a cheaper core2duo system that re-uses your old ram. The bad thing is that you'll see up to a 10% performance loss with this board's pci-e slot.
$181 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz
$57 - ASRock 775Dual-VSTA Socket T (LGA 775) VIA PT880 PRO
$80 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250620AS 250GB 7200RPM SATA300 16MB Cache
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$320 + tax and shipping


If you have the cash for a new system, by all means, go ahead and build one if you need it. If you don't, figure out what your budget is and uprgade accordingly.
 
yea, I think i'll take the cheapest way out now (just a mobo).

my 450w psu should be able to handle all this, right?
 
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