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I'm looking to upgrade a PC for a friend, and haven't built an AMD box
before. I'm looking for something midrange - no gaming, good quality
- and not too expensive, but it doesn't need to be ultra-cheap either.
He'll be running XP, and re-using lots of his old components, but
we'll get a new case, CPU, and RAM.
I want something not too expensive that will perform well for a few
years.
- CPU less than $150, maybe an A64 3000+?
- MB less than $125
- PCI Express would be good for the future too
- 512 M max for now
- Overclocking isn't important, and neither is 64 bit
- Serial port and 2 ATA ports
- Needs to be stable and solid
- Onboard sound is preferred
- Onboard video is OK, if it's better than his current GeForce 3
What's a good-quality MB that won't require a lot of fiddling?
Thanks!
max
before. I'm looking for something midrange - no gaming, good quality
- and not too expensive, but it doesn't need to be ultra-cheap either.
He'll be running XP, and re-using lots of his old components, but
we'll get a new case, CPU, and RAM.
I want something not too expensive that will perform well for a few
years.
- CPU less than $150, maybe an A64 3000+?
- MB less than $125
- PCI Express would be good for the future too
- 512 M max for now
- Overclocking isn't important, and neither is 64 bit
- Serial port and 2 ATA ports
- Needs to be stable and solid
- Onboard sound is preferred
- Onboard video is OK, if it's better than his current GeForce 3
What's a good-quality MB that won't require a lot of fiddling?
Thanks!
max