New mobo!

tonyd927

In the market for some pc parts.

My father is helping me build a pc from scratch,
we have a 450 watt powersupply by corsair, a 500 gb HD, and an intel core 2 quad but I need a new motherboard because this one only supports DDR2 meomory

It's a 32 bit system now, but I want 64 bit and I have purchased these:

RAM:
2x 8GB GSkill Ripjaws DDR3 1333 RAM 1066

Video Card:
EVGA GeForce GTS250 1GB DDR3

HD:
Seagate 7200rm 1TB HD


My question is: what motherboard should I get for these components?
My budget is $150 or below for the motherboard

I eventually plan on getting an i5 or i7 processor or maybe a new video card but Im pretty broke right now.

illo

you would be better off with a new chip tbh.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113281

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131885


if you can save up like....$50-75 more bucks get the a10- 6800k has an integrated graphics card with it, which is more powerful than your gtx 250.


and when you save up you can always drop a dedicated card in.

only downside with the AMD APU is encoding / rendering. but given your current setup id guess you wouldnt be going any slower.

ZacD

Yeah, I'd suggest building a new computer instead of trying to upgrade a core2quad build to use ddr3 ram.

tonyd927

ZacD wrote: »

Yeah, I'd suggest building a new computer instead of trying to upgrade a core2quad build to use ddr3 ram.

Yes, I'm pretty broke tho. Read original post

ZacD

I'm just saying if you buy a new motherboard now, and then you want to get an i5 or i7 you'll have to get a new motherboard first, because the cpu sockets on the motherboard are not compatible. If possible I'd try to scrape together an extra $100 and get a i3 and motherboard. If you can't, just try to spend $50 on a motherboard. It's hard to find LGA 775's boards, they don't really make them anymore, and they didn't make many DDR3 LGA 775 boards.

I only found 3 or so decent choices, I'd just get this [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-G41MT-S2PT-Micro-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B005OJRGYA/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1374796434&sr=1-2&keywords=lga+775+ddr3"]Amazon.com: Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT LGA 775 G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard DDR3 1333 Motherboard: Computers & Accessories[/ame]

tonyd927

ZacD wrote: »

I'm just saying if you buy a new motherboard now, and then you want to get an i5 or i7 you'll have to get a new motherboard first, because the cpu sockets on the motherboard are not compatible. If possible I'd try to scrape together an extra $100 and get a i3 and motherboard. If you can't, just try to spend $50 on a motherboard. It's hard to find LGA 775's boards, they don't really make them anymore, and they didn't make many DDR3 LGA 775 boards.

I only found 3 or so decent choices, I'd just get this Amazon.com: Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT LGA 775 G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard DDR3 1333 Motherboard: Computers & Accessories

Thanks for your help! I'm gonna dish out a little more than planned and go for gold with an i5 and motherboard combo then invest in a better vid card later on