Good Motherboard, CPU combo

Tailgunner9 · Post by **Tailgunner9** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 1:46 pm

What would you suggest as a replacement for my computer for gaming. Is the Intel 955x board with Pentium D 840 3.2GHz Open for suggestions. Want something with PCI express and SATA so if I upgrade hard drive and video card later. Guess my AGP video card will not work on the newer boards like this. Thanks for any help.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:25 pm

Either AMD or Intel will be fine. I went with AMD this time around. Mostly for performance and price reasons.
I just ordered this motherboard recently
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813157081

It runs PCIe and AGP for a smoother transition on a budget. I also didn't want to add the cost of a video card into the build either.

Most newer boards support SATA and SATA2.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:48 pm

I would go with cyphers mobo choice if you want to keep AGP and have a PCIe option, the AMD dual cores are a better deal, if you OC a dual core opteron or 3800+ X2 wil do you well, if not or if you want to start at a high spot 4400+ X2 is a great chip.