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Need a new MB & probably CPU I'm a lot out of date, suggestions please
I will soon be in a position to replace my MB and XP with a new MB, possibly a CPU and Windows 7. I will have around £200 for the MB & CPU (As long as eBay does its job)
At present I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium MB (Does not support W7) with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.20 Gigahertz CPU Socket 939 which seems to be obsolete now.
All powered by a Hyper PSU, ATX, 580 True Watts. With 2 x 12v O/P.
There are so many MB's out there it is a mine field of specs, 90% of which is a mystery to me.
I am looking for a MB that can go to 8GB+ of DDR DIMM memory, has two SLI PCI Express Graphic slots and 3 or more PCI slots, sound, modem etc. My present MB also has PCIEX_1 and a PCIEX4_1. I also need as many USB sockets as possible.
I am using Pri and Sec IDE connectors and have floppy and CD connected to the board as well. I have not used raid (Cos I don't really understand it!)
Can anyone suggest a MB & CPU that is better than the above? I have seen bundles advertised but I don't know what I'm looking for, yet.
My budget is around £200 but could go above this if really necessary to get a good combo.
Thanks for any pointers!