HELP!) Need a MOBO + ram. Hello Tom's Hardware forums, i need a bit of advice. I'm currently working on a new build, but I have been out of the hardware "scene" for a few years. So it's hard to find what's the best for my price range. My old rigs' Mobo...

if you dont use via, you litterally turn it on and install windows and thats it, no driver no nothing. Now if by more work you mean research to find a good mobo, ill grant you that. To the origional poster, why are you comparing a 1700-+ to a 1.8ghz...

I planned to go with Intel Quad Core 8400 processor. But still need to find a good mobo with above requirement. I have been looking for this configuration for more than a month in internet. Since I couldn't find anything best suited for my need I am seeking...

with a MOBO and vise versa? All mobo manufactures have a "CPU compatibility list", if the processor isn't in the list, sorry, but isn't supported. The CPU manufacturer don't have a list, you only need find for a mobo that support the processor that you have...

here. I've been reading that the new core i7 are the way to go, but I find their mobos much more expensive than the old sockets. And do I need a quadcore for this or a dual core is fine? About Hard Disk, I was thinking of a 1tb 7200rpm HD, or maybe 2 or...

option I have at this point is that I have an x800xl 256mb pci-e card laying around and I could try and switch the mobo out. If so I would need to find a mobo that supports the pentium 4 ht and pci-e, which is also rather difficult. Any help would be great...

video card, you may want to find a mobo that supports SLI, to leave the option available. The power supply (psu), is a huge factor when you choose a video card like that. You need to find one with the 6 pin connector and enough power to support that beefy...

likely do a dual-boot between both XP and Vista. Not only that, but I can also get a corporate edition of Vista for free. I have my sources :p Oh, and also, I have had a nice sound card for a while now, so there is no need for me to find a mobo with good/...

purpose (9800 STILL runs any games on the market just fine) and find it out was the mobo or PSU or something bizarre. Then you need to find a friend who can stick it in their machine to make absolutely sure. ...

can run at any speed...and the new card will work fine even if its running ddr5... Now you need to find out if your mobo supports this or that and if your psu has enough kick.... DDR < DDR2 < DDR3 < DDR4 < DDR5 you mean GDDR3, GDDR is completely different...