You cant have PCI-e, you have socket 478. Ill find a good AGP board. But that processor will DEFINITELY hold back any video card 5500+. My 2.8Ghz celeron d holds back a POS 5500FX, consider a new computer.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135221

The cheapest mobo, that supports PCI-e is for a laptop, and costs 130$.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131527 Is a better brand though.

 

You misunderstood. i dont want an exact replacement i want a whole new board and cpu.

i listed the 478 cpu as a reference to what my current (fried) board is. anything better than it is what im in the market for.

this is the board and cpu im considering
link

with this heatsink and fan

link

it will work with my ram and has a pcie slot for future upgrades. the only thing is the placement of the fdd header. i currently have a pci video card (BFG Geforce FX 5500 OC 256mb) and if i use it the gpu fan will obscure the other slot or the fdd header. i will eventually get a better vid card but for now i dont know what to do.

 

Ok here are some recomendations. your case will only fit a micro ATX board. (there are solutions for several price levals)

Low budget $130 (gets you a low end AMD Athlon 64 [still a signifigent upgrade fron a celeron] and a pcie motherboard ):
Motherboard:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131049
CPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535 (boxed CPU includes fan)

Midbudget $370 (gets you an AMD Athlon 64X2 and a pcie motherboard but requres new ram)
Motherboard:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128009
CPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103747 (boxed CPU includes fan)
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227126

High Budget $540 (gets you an Intel Core2Duo Dual core processer and a pcie motherboard but requires new ram)
Motherboard:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128024
CPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005 (boxed CPU includes fan)
RAM:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227124

Any cpu/motherboard upgrade will require a new powersupply(the E-machines PSUs are junk anyway)

Here are some recomended PSUs:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104952
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104954
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194009
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103932

 

thanks for the links.

i already got a new psu an ultra 400w. its retarded how the day it arrived in the mail my mobo stopped working.

i have to say that of all the forums ive been to, trying to get something helpful, this one has been the most helpful. thanks everyone.