Hi :wave: ,
My name is Tammy and I just found this forum today. Wish I had found it several years ago when I started learning to build my own computers. :giddy: I have came a long way but feel I can go a long way more. I hope to learn a lot form here and just maybe be of some help also.

Hello. Welcome. Hope to see you around

Welcome aboard

The first bit of wisdom I'll teach you is:
"you can lead a Windows user to Linux, but you can't make them use it."

Confucious say: "teach a man to use AOL and they'll think for a day, teach him to use Google, and he'll learn for a life time."

Hello Tammy and welcome to Techspot.

Glad you found your way here.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

hey

Hey dude (or is it dudeiet?), hope you like it.

many thanks

Wanted 2 say thanks 2 everyone for the warm welcome. And yeah I am dudeiet. At least that's what I have been for 40+yrs.

I do want to ask a ? about a mobo but not sure where to post it yet.

right here

Just post it right here (hope you weren't offended by dudeiet).

No honey, it would take more than that to offend me.

Right now I am using an Asus P4P 800 deluxe. And I really like that board. It meets my needs. But I want to go back to Athalon processor and more memory. I run custom embroidery and use a program that is a memory hog. Any reccomendations.

what type

Well it depends what type of processor you want to get, and if it needs to be super fast. I personally would recomend this link.

http://stores.tomshardware.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=8352077//

It gives you a lot for $115. If you can't spend that much, try this for $85.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130491\

This is also a nice board for $100.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131530

Hope this helps.

I won't recommend a board, but a couple thoughts.

If you are looking to just get a new mobo and CPU, what video card do you have now? Or more specifically is it AGP or PCI-E. It may be generally agreed upon here that the Nvidia nForce chipset is the best way to go for Athlons. So if you use AGP, and want 64bit CPU (which you should if buying new), then get the nForce3 Ultra chipset. Or if you want/need PCI-E video then go for nForce4.

For 64bit CPU, look to the Venice or, for more $$, the San Diego chipsets.
Manufacturers like MSI, ASUS, and DFI come to mind for a mobo.

Happy hunting

Welcome, its great to have you join.

Yes, there is always so much more to learn, but with a good attitude like yours you will get there.

TY Phantasm66: I appreicate that. I am just looking to build new. I am not a gamer and never have been. I use my computer mainly for custom embroidery. Right now I have a P4 26.gh, running XP pro, 512 ram and a GForce FX5500. All works fine for me but ( I know the preverable but),
my ex wants my tower now because his airplane simulator works on it just fine. So he is buying my tower and I need to build new. I really like MSI and Asus borads. I have always had good luck with them. I would like to get a board with either sound or video on board. I do have an msi vidoe card that is agp though and could use that. But would like on of the new ones.
Thanks everyone for listening and helping out.

Hi Tammy

Welcome! I also just found this forum - the forum interface is just wonderful. I'm gonna start being more active in this forum starting today. Building computers is also my hobby - it takes time, but once you get the basic gist of things - it's a piece of cake.

check them out

Check out the boards I posted further up, there are some gems in there.

mobo decided

Hi All,
Wanted to let u know I am going to go with the Asus A8N-E board. Now help me out with the video card. And do any of the newer mobo's com with the newer video onboard.

Thnx

My sentiments exactly. I'm not new to PCs but still find this place so cool.

One more mobo ?

Can anyone tell me if I can buy a mobo that has a wireless connection loaded. Thanks

I've not seen one yet that does!

Best not to put to many eggs in one basket though. Best get a dedicated card, or even a USB wireless adapter.

Thanks Vigilante. I had not seen one either. All my stuff at present is wireless so guess I will buy one more card. One more ? I thought I seen a board that had an agp slot and sli also on one board. Was I dreaming because I can't seem to find one now. Thnx.

Wow. A motherboard with AGP, and slots for SLI, and a wireless card! That would be some Frankenstein motherboard for sure.
But I really doubt there even can be a AGP and PCI-E on the same board, due to the direct memory access lines they use, doesn't sound possible. At least not with the Nvidia chipsets, which are either/or on the AGP and PCI-E. Who knows?