Please help me find a motherboard and video card

[shadow82]

Hey all..I would appreciate some help finding a motherboard and vid card to complete my system. I am upgrading from an AMD T-bird 1600 1.16ghz (i think that's what it is) with a ATI Radeon 9700Pro, and 512mbs of DDR. Here are the major parts I already have for my new rig which will be used for games, internet, dvd backup, music, and lite photoshop. I was going to build a high end comp to play the latest games at high res but I don't really need that at the moment. I will wait for DX10 hardware to be cheaper for my next upgrade. I would like to keep the MB/vid card combo around $300:

Alread have:
CPU AMD|A64 FX-55 2.6G 939 1M 90N
Cooler - AC Freezer 64 Pro
PS - Thermaltake Purepower 500W
Mem - OCZ PC3200 2 Gigs
Seagate 250 Gig 7200 RPM SATA
I have the basic stuff like KB,mouse,case,dvd drives, etc...

Would appreciate any help as I would like to get this done asap. I will probably not overclock unless someone can direct me to a guide where I can do this easily. Thanks!

 

[dBTelos]

A 7900GT can hold you over 'till DX10 develops. MSI and Gigabyte are some good budget board manufacturers, check one of them out with the features you need.

 

[AnotherGuy]

Also VGA and XFX are good brands... and yea 7900 gt should be ok... or an Ati x1900gt might be cheap enough these days... and pretty good performer

 

[dBTelos]

AnotherGuy, I think you mean "eVGA" not "VGA".

-dB

 

[KingAlexander]

7900gt + Dfi Ultra D.

You should be set for all current games.

 

[shadow82]

Does that DFI Ultra-D board have good onboard Audio and LAN? I would like to avoid buying a soundcard and LAN card.

 

[shadow82]

Ok this is my new system...Please let me know if I am missing anything. I am also interested in giving overclocking a try... what is the best way to go about overclocking the cpu/mem/video card.

CPU AMD|A64 FX-55 2.6G 939 1M 90N
Cooler - AC Freezer 64 Pro
PS - Thermaltake Purepower 500W
Mem - OCZ PC3200 2 Gigs
Seagate 250 Gig 7200 RPM SATA
Dell 20" flat panel
EVGA 7900 GTO
DFI Ultra-D board with onboard sound and LAN
DVD drive
DVDRW Drive
Eclipse keyboard
Logitech G5 mouse
7 in 1 floppy drive
Thermaltake Mambo Case with exhaust fan
120mm intake fan
Windows XP
Anything missing? Also I do have a guide on how to put the thing together from about 4 years ago (last time I did this)...Does anyone have a link to a more up to date guide as well as a great Overclock guide for CPU and video card. Thanks so much!

 

[shadow82]

BumP

 

[Rockhound1]

I don't know about the DFI board. It looks like it is about $105. You could save some money and get an Asus A8N-E for $86. It is a solid performer (I have experience with these).

The Athlon 64 FX-55 will be easy to overclock since its multiplier is unlocked. Based on these forums, people have no trouble getting them clocked up to 3.0 GHz.