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- Dec 5, 2010
It's time to upgrade my friend's ancient 3.0ghz p4 system without buying a new computer. At first, I was simply planning on getting him a new agp graphics card, but as I can save more than $30 if I use a PCI-e gpu instead, I may as well buy a whole new overclockable board anyway.
But that's not so easy. Unfortunately, the board needs to be compatible with his old hardware. In other words, I need to find a board with 4 DDR (not DDR2) dual channel ram slots, a 478 socket for the old pentium, AND a PCI-x 16x slot for a new graphics card. Fortunately, he has a PCI sound card and Video capture card, so I don't need a board with integrated graphics or audio. Just 2 normal PCI slots.
What are the odds of me finding a board like this, as I can't find anything close. Does he have to stick with the old dell mobo?
But that's not so easy. Unfortunately, the board needs to be compatible with his old hardware. In other words, I need to find a board with 4 DDR (not DDR2) dual channel ram slots, a 478 socket for the old pentium, AND a PCI-x 16x slot for a new graphics card. Fortunately, he has a PCI sound card and Video capture card, so I don't need a board with integrated graphics or audio. Just 2 normal PCI slots.
What are the odds of me finding a board like this, as I can't find anything close. Does he have to stick with the old dell mobo?