Alright,
this is just an adivce post about... you guessed it! Procs and mobos.
Anyway I'm thinking of buying a new one in the next few months (I usually spend about $600 total) and I'm looking for some quotes as to how much I REALLY need to spend.
Mobo requirements
-Capable of going over 512mb ram
-NO onboard sound
-NO onbiard video
-lots of expansion slots (4+)(with AGP) (ISA would be nice but isn't required)
-Good upward mobility (I.e. my current mobo only has a ceiling of 933mhz and I'm already at 800)
-at least 2 usb connections
-*would really like* firewire (again not REALLY required but would be nice)
As far as the type of proccessor, I don't really care what kind it is as long as it's at least 1.5ghz
now how much will this cost me?
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Computer Specs: ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe (nForce4) | AMD Athlon X2 3800 @ 2.0ghz | 2x1.0GB OCZ Platinum DDR400 RAM (128-bit DDR mode) | GeForce 7600 w/ 256mb VRAM | Onboard Sound - for now
OS1 : Windows XP / SP2 | Direct X 9
OS2 : Gentoo Linux 2006.0
OS3 : Windows Vista Beta 2
ePSXe config: Pete's OpenGL 2.0 | Eternal SPU 1.4 | ePSXe Internal CD core (W2K)
Project 64 config Jabo's D3D7 1.5 | Jabo's DSound 1.5 | Jabo's DInput 1.5