Custom built computer

[hockey2112]

Hey guys, I am getting a new mobo because my ECS mobo is crapping out on me. I have an Athlon X2 4600 Dual-core CPU (compat. with socket 939).

Can you give me your opinion on these boards, and give me any other suggestions? I am looking for something in the $80-150 (US) range that has one or two firewire plugs, PCI-Express, DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) support, SATA capable. I will primarily use it for graphics (photoshop, etc) and video processing (capturing, converting, authoring DVD's, etc)... not much gaming.



ASUS
Asus A8R-MVP Socket939/ATI RD480/2PCI-E/SATA2 Motherboard $122.99 North Bridge ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 & South Bridge ULi M1575 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131004
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard $132.99 North Bridge NVIDIA nForce4 SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131540

GIGABYTE
GIGABYTE GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard with 1394b $99.99 North Bridge NVIDIA nForce4 SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128301
GIGABYTE GA-M55SLI-S4 Socket AM2/ nForce4 SLI/ DDR2/ SATA2/ ATX Motherboard $92.99 North Bridge NVIDIA nForce4 SLI http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...Tab=2&NoMapp=0
GIGABYTE GA-M55PLUS-S3G ATX Socket AM2 Motherboard for AMD Athlon 64 X2 $119.99 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 (Northbridge) & NVIDIA nForce 430 (Southbridge) http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...D_Athlon_64_X2
GIGABYTE GA-M51GM-S2G ATX Socket AM2 Motherboard for AMD Athlon 64 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron $114.99 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 (Northbridge) & NVIDIA nForce 430 (Southbridge) http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...on_64_64_FX#ts


Here is a post that lists all of my computer's specs, as well as the issues I am currently having: http://dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthr...773#post324773

[jman420]

I have a computer I built

CPU: AMD Athlon XP +2400 (2ghz)
RAM: 512mb DDR 2100 - 512mb DDR 3200 (total of 1gb)
MB: Shuttle MN31-N
GPU: Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128mb DDR
HD's: 20gb ATA-100, 20gb ATA-100, 40gb ATA-100
Disc Drives: 16x DVD-ROM, 16x DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
O/S: Windows XP Home

Monitor: 21" Sony Trinitron

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what I am going to upgrade to

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2ghz)
MB: Gigabyte M55SLI-S4
RAM: 2gb Dual Channel PC6400 DDR2
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640mb GDDR3
HD: 750gb S-ATA (with external 500gb USB 2.0 HD)
Disc Drives: DVD-RW, DVD-ROM
O/S: Windows Vista Home Premium

Monitor: 21" Sony Trinitron

[acn010]

lol, min is a crappy compaq pentium 3 1.00GHZ with NVIDIA GeForce2 graphic card, which is enough for me to do graphics, 1X 250GB IDE HDD connected to IDE to ATA converter, and 1GB RAM, the OS is: Windows XP Professional Edition :P
I need serious upgrade