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    need help cant decide on mb/cpu combo

    Whats better the socket 754 or socket 939? I dont upgrade too often maybe once every 3 - 4 years. It would be nice to reuse some of the new components the next time i upgrade.
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    need help cant decide on mb/cpu combo

    my old xp1800+ was more than enough processor but the mb took a crap and since i would have to replace my old pc133 with some newer memory i might as well spend a little more and upgrade.
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    need help cant decide on mb/cpu combo

    not gaming or anything, mainly surfing net and ms office, or transfering files back an forth to my xbox
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    need help cant decide on mb/cpu combo

    Which one should i get? AMD Athlon 64 3000+ boxed cpu and mb for $199.99 or 3.2GHz Pentium 4 @ 800 FSB bare cpu and mb for $219.99? I have no idea what mb they come with. Im leaning a little towards the P4 because i might be able to use my thermalright 947u heatsink. Im forced to upgrade my...
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    suggestion for replacement MB

    i was thinking about getting one from ebay but have no idea which board to get. I would get another k7s5a board but all the ones ive seen have a problems with keeping the settings in the bios even with new batteries. It just seems to be a waste to throw away 1gig worth of sdram. Any ideas on...
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    suggestion for replacement MB

    i have an old athlon xp 1800+ processor with pc 133 memory, agp videocard, and a thermalright 947u heatsink that bolts to the mb. Whats a decent MB to replace my crap ECS K7s5a mb? I dont care about about overclocking. Only requirement is that i can still use my old components and the board...
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    will this network configuration work?

    Can the router, bridge, and switch be from different manufacturers or do they have to be the same? He has one of those 108Mbps routers so would I have to get a 108Mbps bridge also? Would the 108Mbps bridge be better if we wanted to play xbox games against each other thru home network?
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    will this network configuration work?

    Let me know if this will work. My brother has a wireless DSL router in his room he has his PC, Xbox, and DTV Tivo connected to it. I want to be able to connect my 2 PC's, Xbox and DTV Tivo to his DSL. My toys are in another room so running Cat5e cables from one room to the other wont work...