What's a good pick for an AGP 939 MB for an FX-55?

[Craig234]

Thanks...

 

[chubbyfatazn]

If you're buying a new motherboard why not jump on the bandwagon and get a PCIe board and a PCIe card? You'd get an excellent gaming machine if you picked up a nice board and card.

 

[John]

ASRock 939Dual w/ AGP & PCIe

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: chubbyfatazn
If you're buying a new motherboard why not jump on the bandwagon and get a PCIe board and a PCIe card? You'd get an excellent gaming machine if you picked up a nice board and card.

Here's the reason, I just got an AGP 7600 GS:

My old system is an Athlon 2200+/ECS K7S5A/1GB DDR; I could keep that and build a second system around the FX-55, or upgrade the old one with the FX-55 and a new MB.

It seems like it makes sense to drop the 2200+ and K7S5A - they are fine for most gaming, but why get all those new parts?

John, thanks for the pointer. I wonder if it'll work with the Artic Cooler thingie I got for the FX-55, one of the comments on it says:

Couldn't install my Zalman heasink due to brackets around the CPU socket.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

Yes that board will work with the Freezer Pro 64, as long as the board has a mounting bracket you're set.