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Any good Socket 754 mobos with AGP and PCIe?

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I think the AGP slot might of died on one of my computers. Are there any good Socket 754 mobos with AGP and PCIe? If not I will just get a cheap AGP only motherboard I will replace later and could use some suggestions on that. This computer is used mainly for gaming and internet.
 
No boards I can find with agp and pci-e. I've used the ecs k8m800 m2 with onboard video with no problems. If you have a good video card, I'd get an nforce3 board from abit or asus.
 
For cheap you can go with the Sempron/ECS Nforce3 deal at Fry's. Currently I see it at $70 (Chicago). This gets you a somewhat decent and even overclockable Nforce3 board with AGP. It also gets you an OEM Sempron 3100. You can keep the better CPU and sell the surplus. If you end up selling the 3100+ you can probably end up with the motherboard at half the price.
 
Naw. The best deal at Fry's was the athlon 64 3000 (retail boxed) with ecs nforce3 board for $90. The sempron deal doesn't include a heatsink, which will run you about $15-25. And newegg has plenty of 754 refurb boards for around $30.
 
Those A64s are decent overclockers. I purchased two. No problem hitting 2.7GHz at 1.52Vcore (stable). Those chips can heat up quickly at that voltage, so make sure you have a good CPU cooler.
 
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