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| Author: | rando [ Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:25 am ] |
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I have recently inherited a dead computer from a friend. It stopped booting and he didn't feel like troubleshooting it, so he went out and bought a new Core 2 Duo system. I had the time (and the spare parts) to pull things apart and play detective to determine what was broken. Turns out the motherboard is the problem. So I have spare HDs, 1.5GB of DDR RAM, a Case, and an AMD Socket 939 3800+ CPU. I'd like to replace the 2400+ Socket A system that is currently serving as my backend and give my Mythbox a little more horespower to work with. I'm currently using an AGP GeForce 5200 (If I recall correctly) and would like to continue using it as it's done the job so far and I want to minimize the amount of money i'm going to shell out with this upgrade. Can anyone suggest a good Socket 939 board that is AGP and not PCI-E? I've been in a few of the shops around town (Winnipeg) and it seems like things are getting pretty slim for socket 939 boards these days, anything that is out there is PCI-E. I'd like to have the mobo be the only piece of hardware I need to purchase to get this off the ground (I don't have or want to buy a PCI-E graphics card). If there isn't a good choice for Socket 939/AGP that is still being manufactured and can be found (I'm fine with ordering from online) is there a PCI-E based board that has onboard video that is suitable? I am running a setup with a backend (that is occassionaly used as a frontend - but not very often) a Knoppmyth Frontend, and 2 Xbox frontends. On the backend I am running svideo out to my TV and just using a pair of PC speakers tapped into the PC onboard sound for my audio. I run a pair of PVR 150 cards, so I would need a solution that still offers me two PCI slots. Any help would be appreciated, Something that's Tier1 is of course preferable, but I'm not opposed to a small amount of tinkering if need be to get things working. |
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| Author: | Mephi [ Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:03 pm ] |
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There weren't a huge number of AGP 939 boards produced, as the introduction of 939 appeared about the same time as the introduction of PCI-E. I think ebay might be your best bet here, I dropped 939 and AGP into an emay search and it came back with the ASUS A8V, an ASRock one that takes both AGP and PCI-E, and an Epox NF3. Go for a nvidia board if you can, as they seem better supported than others. |
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| Author: | mihanson [ Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:16 pm ] |
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You can try to find some of the boards on the KnoppMyth Wiki page http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=MotherBoards and also the discontinued mobos... http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=DiscontinuedMotherboards |
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| Author: | rando [ Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:14 pm ] |
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Thanks for the suggestions.... I think I"m gonnna look at picking up anAsus A8N-VM CSM and just run with the onboard video. There seems to have been trouble with this board in the past, but it sounds like things run well on this now. |
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