Looking for Motherboard/cpu recommendations

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Hi All,

I have a QDI motherboard with a AMD xp 2400 166fsb with 1.5GB of pc2700 ram,
and a 9800pro, it's adequate but with the new games on the horizon like
Doom3 & HL2, I was thinking of upgrading the motherboard and cpu. (I'll be
keeping the graphics card for a bit).

Is there any particular Motherboard/CPU combination which works particularly
well or anyone would recommend?

Thanks in advance :-))

Jabout

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Thanks for this Cuzman.

Jabout


"Cuzman" <cuzNOSPAM@supanet.com> wrote in message
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> "Jabout" <Jabout@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> " ...AMD xp 2400 166fsb... "
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>
> You could get away with saying 133FSB or 266FSB, but not 166FSB. I'm sure
> it won't overclock that much.
>
> Seeing as you've already got 1.5GB of PC2700 RAM, then maybe you should
opt
> for a 333FSB Athlon XP 3000+. If your current mainboard doesn't support
it,
> then buy one that supports both 333FSB and 400FSB.
>
> However, most gamers might see more benefit in selling your mobo, CPU and
> RAM, and aiming for a 400FSB system with 1GB of RAM. The resale prices
for
> RAM on eBay are pretty close to what they cost new, so it should be easily
> affordable.
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