hi im currently rebuilding my pc, i have a case and a dvd burner and a graphics card a gefore fx5700 agp and 1 gig ddr ram. i want to get a new cpu and motherboard. im not sure wat will be compatible and i want my ddr ram to work so i dont have to buy new ram, ive found a few motherboards i like and cpu if u could help me out with this it would be great. mb- ASUS P5N-E SLI Motherboard Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 (Rev3.3) cpu Intel Core2 Duo E6420 any suggestions or help would be appreciated. thanks! with a budget of 500 to 800 aud.
the asus probably has pci/e 16 slot but your videocard uses agp so not compatible. most likely any board using core2 duo will not have agp slot for your videocard.
both those motherboards use PCI-e and both use ddr2, so youll have to get a new graphics card and ram as well. and If your getting a new mobo, cpu, gpu, and ram, you might as well build a whole new computer since thats most of the cost right there.
oh ok thanks for that. yeah i think i will unfortunately start saving i guess so either one of the motherboards a cpu are good?
u could get this mobo it supports ddr2 and ddr ram and it can have both agp x8 and pci-x x16 and has support for the core duo 2 mobo here
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Latest-Intel-...QQihZ003QQcategoryZ108978QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem sorry dead link there u go