Time for new MB/CPU, recommendations?

[VINMAN]

well my old AMD 2700 is getting a little old. Thinking its time to go to new AMD64 one maybe. So what combo should i go with? i dont want to change anything else right now (i have AIW 9700 pro) and i have some nice memory that should transfer over. I have an NFORCE2 MB now. So any recommendations for a good (not looking for Bleeding edge) combo? also anyone have info on how to drop it in without having to reinstall the OS?


thx
Vinman

 

[birdpup]

*** The ULTIMATE Motherboard Selection Guide For New Users ***
Most common recommendations:
DFI for overclockers with experience
MSI, Epox, or ASUS otherwise.

 

[VINMAN]

Thx,
Looks like those require me to get new video card as mine is AGP. Guess will have to look at that as well. Does anyone have info on how to put in new HW without reinstalling OS and everything? Anyone have any recommendations for AGP ones? havent bought anything new since i put this together like 2 years ago so im a little behind the curve on whats new etc

thx
Vinman

 

[VINMAN]

bump

 

[birdpup]

Do you work with Sun Solaris or one of the bsd's such as FreeBSD? If so then you will want to have the VIA chipset in your motherboard since VIA chipsets work with Solaris and FreeBSD while the NVidia chipset does not. NVidia does not currently have plans to produce a Unix driver for its NForce chipset, with the exception of a driver for linux.

I am not sure if it is possible to change the motherboard without reinstalling the operating system. I would presume the system will have to be reinstalled since drivers, memory range allocations, and hardware settings will change. To me it seems to be a necessity to reinsall the OS when replacing the motherboard and processor.

Here is a recent New Computer thread that received a lot of attention. browse through the General Hardware category for more threads concerning system recommendations. It is impossible to respond to every request for a system recommendation and you will pick up more information along the way.

EDIT: Also go into the Motherboard category and perform a search for "via". There are about 13 threads there, which can be helpful.

 

[Holysmoke36]

how much you want for your existing rig?

 

[VINMAN]

For my old stuff? my old stuff will probably pass down to my wife and kids computers, unless i got some good reason to get rid of whole system
IF thats what your asking ill have to list everything thats there. see what it looks like

-Vince