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habmann,Mar 16 2007, 06:38 PM Wrote:Ok here's the deal guys. I've got some money and my current computer is getting old, 3+ yrs at this point. It still runs everything but the CPU runs really hot and seems to overheat really easily so i think its time to upgrade.

Here's what i'm looking for some help with. I just bought a new AGP video card last year so whatever i buy has to support AGP. So any suggestions on motherboards that support AGP. Intel or AMD isn't a big deal, i've always had Intel chipsets but i'm open to going to a AMD.

Basically I'm gonna replace my MB, CPU, and RAM with new stuff and keep the rest of my computer as the rest of it is still working fine.

Thanks for the help guys.
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First off.. What's your budget.

Secondly.. good luck finding /new/ parts that support AGP. I just upgraded my vid card and it was one of 4 I could get in my city. Not cool.

AGP motherboards, in the AMD field.. Look at Socket A boards, aside from that.. If you want some realistic, good advice...

Get a new system from the ground up. You're saying you want to upgrade, but you're upgrading to really old technology that's hard as hell to buy new..

You can reuse your CD drives and harddrive(s), and if you have a decent power supply and case those are reusable too .. So then you just need ram, vid card, mobo, processor, and that's really it..

SLi cards, or any other PCI-E cards, are ridiculously cheap now, yeah you just got an AGP card but ... getting a great AGP based system now is hard to do..And it's getting expensive.

If you want some better help, PM me or throw me a line on MSN, I'll set you a system up with some options, just give me an idea of your budget and what you want to do with it ..