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Alrightehhh, finally got a little bit of money to buy a new system. I have $100 to spend on a new motherboard and cpu. I have no idea what I'm doing so I thought I would ask around here.
I want a motherboard that supports PCI-E, thats about the only requirement I have for the motherboard. I don't really care about the processor, just has to be amd (maybe 64?) and over 1.5ghz (I have been stranded on 1.1ghz and under for years). I do plan to do a bit of gaming, really the main reason I am upgrading to a system with PCI-E and AMD64. I don't know about memory, I would like to keep the memory I have, I have 768 megs of DDR ram (184 pin), but if the new system requires something else, I will have to try and squeeze it in later ( I do plan to be on the onboard video until I can afford a new video card).
I am just tired of my current system always failing on me. I can barley get any of my 3D stuff done on it, and doing so is a massively unstable task. I know PCI-E video cards are faster, more abundant, and cheaper than AGP cards, so I need to make the switch. I just want a stable somewhat new system that I can use to do my 3D work and maybe play some HL2: DM (but my main concern is playing TS3 and other HL1 mods ).
So...if anyone can help me pick out a nice motherboard and CPU combo for under $100, it would be great. The items have to be from newegg or another trusted site that takes credit cards (my paypal account is ****ed).
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I picked these out after lookin for a bit, nothin final, just wanted to know if anyone thinks they would be a good combo
I want a motherboard that supports PCI-E, thats about the only requirement I have for the motherboard. I don't really care about the processor, just has to be amd (maybe 64?) and over 1.5ghz (I have been stranded on 1.1ghz and under for years). I do plan to do a bit of gaming, really the main reason I am upgrading to a system with PCI-E and AMD64. I don't know about memory, I would like to keep the memory I have, I have 768 megs of DDR ram (184 pin), but if the new system requires something else, I will have to try and squeeze it in later ( I do plan to be on the onboard video until I can afford a new video card).
I am just tired of my current system always failing on me. I can barley get any of my 3D stuff done on it, and doing so is a massively unstable task. I know PCI-E video cards are faster, more abundant, and cheaper than AGP cards, so I need to make the switch. I just want a stable somewhat new system that I can use to do my 3D work and maybe play some HL2: DM (but my main concern is playing TS3 and other HL1 mods ).
So...if anyone can help me pick out a nice motherboard and CPU combo for under $100, it would be great. The items have to be from newegg or another trusted site that takes credit cards (my paypal account is ****ed).
[edit]
I picked these out after lookin for a bit, nothin final, just wanted to know if anyone thinks they would be a good combo