Cyde Weys wrote:
> kony wrote:
> > Cyde Weys wrote:
> > >Ugh, this is all looking very expensive.
> >
> > Yep, you could always get another skt A board now and buy
> > the other parts a piece at a time, preferribly the
> > motherboard last so you had all other parts available to be
> > sure it isn't problematic- and motherboard is usually most
> > likely defective or unworkable in some way, IF anything
> > were.
>
> But I'd have to get another Socket A board that supports my current AGP
> video card. To be able to upgrade either the CPU or GPU would require
> getting another mobo anyway. About the only thing I could upgrade with
> another Socket A mobo is the memory (up to DDR 400). This is, unless,
> I choose one of those dual AGP/PCI-X boards, but those look kind of
> iffy.
>
> I really can't decide whether to spend a lot of money to upgrade my
> overall system or just replace the mobo and go on for awhile with what
> I have.

I'm now looking at a differential in price between upgrading and
replacing that is greater than one order of magnitude. It just doesn't
make sense to upgrade. I found the following mobo at $36:

Foxconn 600A01-6LRS Socket A (Socket 462) VIA KT600 ATX AMD Motherboard
- Retail

* Model #: 600A01-6LRS
* Item #: N82E16813186025

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186025

It has everything I need ... 5 PCI slots, DDR 400/333 FSB, and AGP 8X
slot. Unless there's some other mobo that has better features than
this one for not much more of a price.

Thanks for the help, everyone.