What's a good replacement board for... (Advice???)

[Rich_Swartz]

Asus A7N8X deluxe died (capacitors cooked....) :roll:
Need replacement that will support AGP Card and use DDR 400.
Prefer to use AMD CPU

I do not overclock. Plan to buy board and chip and (hopefully) put everything else back in.
What's best bang for limited buck?

(I bought a laptop for most of my needs but need the old desktop for pictures, scanner, printer, server for home, and main storage.)

Thanks in advance!!!

Rich

 

[sarsoft]

How much are you willing to spend. Then we see what to get.

 

[Rich_Swartz]

Spend - less than $130 or less for a board then I'd put on a chip for about $130 and be up and running for $260 for (hopefully) three years.

Does that sound reasonable?

Rich

 

[wimcle]

The only thing I can think of is the dfi nf3 ultra-D (if you can still get it) I use one in my htpc.

 

[bridonca]

This is what you can get for $260, You get a faster setup than anything coming from AMD at the moment. You can use your DDR and AGP gear, plus you can upgrade to DDR2 and PCIe. Only problem is it is Intel and VIA gear, but you can get over that, being better, cheaper, and faster. It is not like it is netburst crap

ASRock 775Dual-VSTA Socket T (LGA 775) VIA PT880 PRO ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $56.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157092

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail $180.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005

That is $237 there! You are just not going to get a more faster, more flexable, and more cheaper setup than this.

Spend - less than $130 or less for a board then I'd put on a chip for about $130 and be up and running for $260 for (hopefully) three years.

Does that sound reasonable?

Rich

 

[Rich_Swartz]

Thanks for the info

I just ordered them.

Your advice is really appreciated!

Rich

 

[spanner_razor]

Bit late, but that board doesn't support pci-e graphics card; only got a x4 slot no x16 so you can upgrade the ram but if you want to install a newer card it's a hassle. Though from the sounds of it, you don't use it for gaming so no major thing.