What is a good motherboard and video card to go with a AMD 3400+

[DL402]

I'm on a budget of about $800-900, and I already have a monitor and keyboard/mouse, but I need everything else. I would like the comp to be able to play graphic intensive games on atleast medium settings.

 

[Mik3y]

i assume you have socket 754? try the DFI LanParty nF3 250Gb. It's a great mobo that's full of features and overclocks extremely well. Assuming that it's socket 754, you may need to get an agp video card. if so, i recommend you get the 6800gs. it'll be able to play any game out right now on medium settings.

anyways, i believe there is a socket 754 board with pci-e, except i'm too lazy to newegg it up.

 

[DL402]

Yes, its the socket 754. But I might consider getting the 3500+, with the socket 939.

 

[goobernoodles]

I have a s939 3400+

 

[DL402]

Actually, I might be able to get a 3700+, its only 20 dollars more.

 

[bamacre]

Abit KN8 NF4 Athlon 64(FX)/64 X2 Dual-Core Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard
$87.50
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=240178

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor (Venice) Socket 939 Retail
$201.00
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80717-5

Corsair VS2GBKIT400C3 2GB Kit DDR400 PC3200 Value Select Memory Retail
$168.90
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80098-86

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB Serial ATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/8MB
$83.90
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101208-11

BenQ DQ60BLACK 16X Dual Layer DVD±RW Bare Drive
$45.00
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=173830

256MB eVGA 7800 GT PCI Express x16
$299.99
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322739

Total Price shipped $886.29

Edit: I didin't know what else you have aleady (hd, ram, optical)

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

it depends what MB chipset you want to get. now a days, i look more at the MB chipset perfromance then anything else. I hear the ATi 580 mb chipset is suppose to rock the house of the NVidia SLi chipeset. Which is unfortunate for me because a half hour ago, i decided that I errrr possibly will go with the Nvidia chipset V-Card combonation. I am just sick of the BS with the Microsoft .NET frame work that is required for their drivers. Everytime i boot up and get to desktop, where ever my mouse is, it will automatically set it back to the middle of the screen. and say supposing you are trying to click on an icon, its just sucks. It happens EVERY time, no matter how many time i re-install, un-install, do this do that, try to fix it...

Good luck.

529th