New Mainboard with AGP, not PCI-e

Bogger77

Hi All,
I'm thinking of upgrading my pc, it's a p4 2.66ghz pc, with AGP card. I'd like to upgrade, but since my 512mb AGP graphics card is more than enough for the games I play, and is only 9month old, I'd rather not upgrade.

I've seen some AMD boards, with AGP still, but I'm more of an Intel guy.
Googling isn't helping, so any idea's on what new boards, which support dual core chips, still have agp support?

Thanks
C

TerrorFirmer

Cheap Asrock board? Not sure what other vendors offer boards that support pci-e/agp and ddr2/ddr.

http://www.dabs.ie/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4QNB&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=asrock&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=48760000

astrofool

What graphics card do you have. You're better off upgrading the whole hog really, or you'll be stuck with the same problem again in a few months.

Stephen

Yeah, I wouldn't bother keeping any AGP stuff around. Its all old hat at this stage.

Bogger77

Currently got a Radeon X1600PRO

budget doesnt include a new graphics card, it may be old hat, but it's a match for any of the other cards in it's price bracket.

astrofool

Well, what's your budget?

You're going to be at least getting a motherboard + cpu, possibly RAM as well, an X1600PRO isn't an expensive card (http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=324858) You'd be better off selling your AGP card for €30 and dropping a CPU speed grade. You'll lose more than that by the conversion from AGP to PCI-E which happens on a hybrid board. The VIA chipset probably sets you back 2 speed grades alone compared to a P35 board.

Bogger77

Am guessing I'd have to go to sata drives too.

Budget is : what ever my bonus next month is, so around 500-600e

astrofool

Most motherboards still have at least one ide port. Though, 500-600 is a grand budget to do whats needed (gfx,motherboard,cpu,ram). I'd view those asrock boards as being useful when you have an old system that has a breakdown, and need to keep it going for as cheap as possible, should not have a place in a system designed for games playing.

e.g. here's an idea of prices from komplett for an upgrade using a P35 board, a Radeon HD 3650, a SATA 500GB drive, Q6600, and 4GB RAM. I'm sure this can be trimmed even more depending on your tastes (just quickly added together). Also, you may be in need of a PSU.

Items in Shopping Cart Qty Your Price Total
Asus P5K SE, P35, Socket-775, DDR2, ATX, GbLAN, PCI-Ex16
Article number: 337827
Stock status: 12 stocked 99.00 99.00

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 8MB, BOXED w/fan
Article number: 330169
Stock status: 50-99 stocked 216.51 216.51

OCZ Gold XTC DDR2 PC6400 4096MB KIT, w/two 2048MB PC6400 XTC, CL5-5-5-15
Article number: 333974
Stock status: 50-99 stocked 94.00 94.00

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB, SATA-300, 32MB, 7200RPM
Article number: 344091
Stock status: 50-99 stocked 99.00 99.00

Club3D Radeon HD3650 ZEROTHERM 512MB, GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI, HDCP, HDMI
Article number: 346537
Stock status: 20 pcs expected on stock 2008-02-20 91.00 91.00
PRF:
Total:
0.00
599.51

Bogger77

Thanks Astro

Am using a Thermaltake PSU, 600W's I think, so that should handle it. I'll be switching my ide's onto a nas server so I'd be able to use a smaller hd internally, got over a tb of ide drives.

astrofool

Just make sure the PSU has the extra connectors needed (24pin + 8pin motherboard and 6 pin PCI-E connector), I had some older 600w PSU's without these (high end a good few years ago).

On HD size, there's not much of a price difference up to 500GB, the one above is a very good performer, latest tech (7200.11) and 32MB Cache on board.

Bogger77

astrofool wrote: »

Just make sure the PSU has the extra connectors needed (24pin + 8pin motherboard and 6 pin PCI-E connector), I had some older 600w PSU's without these (high end a good few years ago).

On HD size, there's not much of a price difference up to 500GB, the one above is a very good performer, latest tech (7200.11) and 32MB Cache on board.

Just an update
Took most of your advise Astro.

went with
342624 Asus P5E-V HDMI, G35, Socket-775, DDR2,
ATX, GbLAN, Firewire, HDMI/DVI, PCI-Ex16
327330 XFX GeForce 8800GTX 575M 768MB GDDR3,
PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP, 384-bit
329026 Thermaltake Toughpower 850W, Modular,
8xSATA, ATX/EPS, 4xPCI-E, 20/24pin
335481 Creative SB X-FI Xtreme Gamer

338086 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.67GHz
Socket LGA775, 8MB, BOXED w/fan
345773 OCZ Platinum DDR2 PC6400 8192MB KIT,
w/four 2048MB PC6400 XTC, CL5-4-4-18
343054 Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA2
32MB 7200RPM