December 28, 200618 yr What do i need to know about getting a new one? So you want to keep your old setup and just get a motherboard? Ask yourself: Is your CPU supported on the new one? Is it PCI-E or AGP, is my GPU PCI-E or AGP? How many RAM slots do I need, what kind of RAM is supported? Basically make sure everything is compatable.
December 29, 200618 yr Author thank you guys i was being told by some moron i needed a new motherboard for my vid card, but i threw the card in on my old motherboard and it works great. thanks for the input tho
December 29, 200618 yr If your wondering about what brand to choose, you should go for "Asus", best motherboards that I've ever used. http://www.asus.com/products2.aspx?l1=3&l2=117 Check the compatibility of the motherboards. ASUS are fucking terrible, Ive had 3 of thier boards, not a good thing to say other than they have good onboard Audio. Buy maybe youve had abetter experience. DFI Lanparty series are the best boards, for compatability, speed, looks and overclocking potential. Also find out what socket your CPU is.. S939, AM2, S754 etc, and then find a motherboard that uses the same Chipset.
December 29, 200618 yr So you want to keep your old setup and just get a motherboard? Ask yourself: Is your CPU supported on the new one? Is it PCI-E or AGP, is my GPU PCI-E or AGP? How many RAM slots do I need, what kind of RAM is supported? Basically make sure everything is compatable. ya what he said, basicly main things graphics card, what cpu it takes remember if it takes amd u need to know what socket amd it is so u pick an amd that fits, also u might want to look into getting a motherboard that suports SLi (dual gfx cards if u dont know what that is) my motherboard is an ASUS A8N SLi DELUXE Socket 939 in that i have 2 geforce 6800GS for gfx, and a 4400+ X2 dual core AMD socket 939 cpu and for RAM i just have a 1GB samsung stick
