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Recommendations on a replacement MB/CPU

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Piano Man

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My sister's college rig just broke down, and the local pc guy in her college town says that the MB and CPU got fried. I'm gonna order the replacement for her, but I've been out of the loop for a long time. Here's the setup. Before she had a Barton 2500, so I'm not looking for 1st class performance. I want something that is stable and inexpensive for her. The MB must have the following:

AGP slot for her vid card.

IDE for the Hard Drive.

She currently has DDR 400 Memory, so whatever will work with that.

I'm fine with either Intel or AMD. Doesn't matter to me. Whichever has the best price/performance ratio.

Thanks in advance, guys.
 
Before shelling out $$, check out the CPU before buying another.
It's hard to believe both the MB & CPU failed at the same time.
 
Get an AMD 939 mb that supports agp and pci-e for superior upgradeability. ASRock makes one and apparently it works alright.

Good advice from Blain btw.
 
The MB and CPU are definately fried. Physically as well, actually. They tested all the other components though, and they work. I'll take a look at that AMD 939.
 
I wouldn't trust memory that had gone through a MB/CPU bake. :shocked:
Something serious happened with that PC. Tell your sister to backup all her data and wait for the other shoe to drop.
 
depending on what kind of video card you have you might just dump it and look at an integrated graphics like Biostar's 6100 or MSI Gforce 6100 mobos.

BTW/ new hdd are somewhat fast now due to the catch improvements... you might want to look to just replacing the whole system.--> big improvement.

 
Yea, the money just isn't there for the full upgrade. The vid card is a ATI Pro 9600.


I went with the ASRock 939 MB and the Venice 3200+
 
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