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coltoe   10-05-2008 at 12:56:09 AM

I am to old for gaming so I needed to know what you think of this motherboard. I have a $300 budget too. I have a PII 400Mzh MB now...It is upgrade time.

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roadrunner197069   10-05-2008 at 04:05:24 AM
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I dont like it because of the Nvidia chipset.

If you need HDMI look at P5Q-EM. I got my mom one paired with a e1200 1.6 and Over clocked it to 3.2, and she couldn't be happier. Plays DvDs and Blu/Ray no problem.

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jaragon13   10-05-2008 at 04:44:26 AM
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Yeah,the Nvidia chipset I was misinformed to use quite a while back isn't the greatest,and the northbridge runs hot as hell compared to another Intel or AMD chipset.
Plus,the thing costs a good ~75 USD.
I'd aim for the E5200 and a Gigabyte G31 as it's cheaper and a better platform.(or if you want to go REAL cheap,go for AMD Athlon 64 X2,but it may not be as power efficient)


Message edited by jaragon13 on 10-05-2008 at 04:45:03 AM
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Proximon   10-05-2008 at 05:40:22 AM
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Much depends on what you will use it for, but the P5N would not be the best choice.

Possibly the P5QL-EM plus the E5200 and 2GB of RAM such as:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820211066

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116072
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131332

Those three items stay well under your 300.00 budget.

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coltoe   10-05-2008 at 08:32:39 AM
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I like this board, but compare a Intel GMA 4500 to a Gforce 7100. I will need a power supply & case fan too.

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roadrunner197069   10-05-2008 at 08:35:16 AM
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I dont like anything with Nvidia chipsets, period. I have had way to may issues with Nvidia chipsets.

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coltoe   10-05-2008 at 08:56:00 AM
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Proximon wrote :

Much depends on what you will use it for, but the P5N would not be the best choice.

Possibly the P5QL-EM plus the E5200 and 2GB of RAM such as:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820211066

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116072
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131332

Those three items stay well under your 300.00 budget.


I am saving $10.00 a week for this build, looks like I will be saving a little longer.

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