Hey, I'm a moderately experienced PC user, and I'm looking to upgrade my mobo. Once I got my Dell Dimension 3000, I looked to upgrade the video card, but lo and behold, no PCI-E slot! Not even an AGP slot, so here I am, trying to get a new motherboard.
Here's what I need:
A mobo that will fit my Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz processor (478-pin)
One that supports 184-pin PC3200 DIMM DDR RAM
One with a PCI-e x16 slot, and some PCI Slots
One that will fit in my Dimension 3000 Case (Intel Micro ATX I believe, but there's some debate over the true sizes: If it won't fit, please say a good place to get a case that will work with it).
Here's one I've been looking at: http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/ASUS/P4GPL-X/
Also, please say what power supply I should be looking to get for the motherboard you recommend, plus a P4 Processor and a PCI-E video card
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Or, I've also been thinking about starting over somewhat. I'd like to be able to salvage my proccessor and my RAM, but otherwise, how much would a PCI-E motherboard, a good power supply (350W+), a PCI-E video card that would be good for games like Sims 2, Madden 2006, and Battlefield 2 etc., and finally a case that would hold all of that cost?
By the way, I use my computer mostly for gaming
Here's what I need:
A mobo that will fit my Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz processor (478-pin)
One that supports 184-pin PC3200 DIMM DDR RAM
One with a PCI-e x16 slot, and some PCI Slots
One that will fit in my Dimension 3000 Case (Intel Micro ATX I believe, but there's some debate over the true sizes: If it won't fit, please say a good place to get a case that will work with it).
Here's one I've been looking at: http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/ASUS/P4GPL-X/
Also, please say what power supply I should be looking to get for the motherboard you recommend, plus a P4 Processor and a PCI-E video card
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Or, I've also been thinking about starting over somewhat. I'd like to be able to salvage my proccessor and my RAM, but otherwise, how much would a PCI-E motherboard, a good power supply (350W+), a PCI-E video card that would be good for games like Sims 2, Madden 2006, and Battlefield 2 etc., and finally a case that would hold all of that cost?
By the way, I use my computer mostly for gaming