Hi guys, A friend of mine is looking to get rid of his craptastic ECS motherboard that he got in some Fry's combo deal a little while back. He doesn't game much and has an ancient AGP video card in his current machine.
He is looking to move to a new computer as cheaply as possible while keeping most of his components.
Basically I'm looking for a suggestion on:
Nforce2 motherboard
IGP (integrated video)
integrated sound and lan (if possible, soundstorm)
if possible, firewire and sata or raid might be nice
I know it sounds like throwing away $100 on old tech but he does not have the $300+ right now it would cost for a new quality motherboard and cpu, plus new ram etc. I convinced him that those Fry's combos are really not worth his money as the ECS boards they come with are generally garbage. He just needs something to hold him over for 6mos or so until he can afford a real upgrade.
He is looking to move to a new computer as cheaply as possible while keeping most of his components.
Basically I'm looking for a suggestion on:
Nforce2 motherboard
IGP (integrated video)
integrated sound and lan (if possible, soundstorm)
if possible, firewire and sata or raid might be nice
I know it sounds like throwing away $100 on old tech but he does not have the $300+ right now it would cost for a new quality motherboard and cpu, plus new ram etc. I convinced him that those Fry's combos are really not worth his money as the ECS boards they come with are generally garbage. He just needs something to hold him over for 6mos or so until he can afford a real upgrade.