need some advice

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always have bad luck on LANs.
i go over my friends house to set up a lan. everything is fine.. my computer here are the specs

Abit Kt7a
AMD Athlon 900mhz (not overclocked)
256mb pc133 ram
Audigy
Geforce2 mx 32mb

so everythign was fine then my computer kept freezing.. and what was weird. i turned it off and it wouldnt turn on again. for those with the Abit's. the computer wont turn on if it sees something wrong. it just hangs and wont even turn on the monitor. this was very weird. dont really know the problem still dont,so I go and i try to look inside,maybe the cpu busted. i went to take off the heatsink and one of the little white tabs that the heatsink attaches to.. broke off
so my mobo is done pretty much

i need some advice
im kinda tight on budget right now..

but i found a motherboard i can use

http://www.ussa.com/ussaonline/product.asp?dept_id=10508&pf_id=100-105-1002565

it doesnt work sometimes. so what you have to do. copy and paste the link. then CLICK the link and paste the URL into the address. so that you dont go to their index site

i can use that motherboard.. or one of my friends suggest since my memory sucks,get a new motherboard and memory and maybe a new cpu
now thats sort of expensive
and im pretty sure my CPU is fine. athlon 900mhz,isnt that outdated is it? ive had it for around 3-4 years
works fine for me

maybe what i can do is get a new motherboard that supports the Athlon 900 and also supports faster memory and get faster memory?

can anyone help me out. tell me what motherboard to get.. what memory to get
and also maybe prices would be good
i usually go to www.mwave.com since they have some good deals

thanks


edit: havent updated my profile in a while. dont mind it

 

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ABIT NV7-133R RAID, Socket-A USB 2.0 ATX
Chipset:
nVIDIA (nForce 415 & MCP-D)
BIOS (Flash):
Phoenix
CPU Support:
* AMD Athlon XP 1500+ - 2000+
* AMD Athlon 700 MHz - 1.4 GHz
* AMD Duron 600 MHz - 1.2 GHz
CPU Socket:
(1) Socket A
FSB:
200 / 266 MHz
Mem. Config.:
(3) 184-pin DIMM sockets for 1.5GB max. PC1600/PC2100
unbuffered Non-ECC DDR SDRAM
Exp. Slots:
1 AGP4x 1.5V slot
5 PCI slots
Audio:
Realtek ALC650
- Support 6CH DAC for AC3 5.1 CH Output
- 24-bit SPDIF In/Out audio interface
- 256 total voices
On-board LAN:
Realtek 8201L 10/100 LAN
- (1) RJ-45 LAN port
On-board IDE:
(2) UDMA/100 IDE channels
On-board RAID:
High Point HTP372 IDE RAID
- (2) UDMA/133 IDE RAID channels
- RAID 0, 1, 0+1 support

84$
hows that?

 

[ModeTek]

Albatron KX400-8X KT400 Athlon(XP)/Duron SktA ATX DDR Motherboard w/Audio Retail
200/266/333FSB, AGP 8X, 3DDR DIMM, 6PCI, CNR, USB 2.0/1.1, Audio

AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 1.533GHz Processor

Samsung IC Chipset 256MB DDR266 PC2100 Memory

Thermaltake A1139 Copper Base Volcano 6Cu CPU Cooler