Motherboard upgrade

I am thinking of upgrading my computers motherboad and chip from 2.4GHz and
1Gb of DDR.
I need at least 2 IDE slots to control my drives 2HD and 1CD and 1DVD .
Is a new ASROCK the way to go and what chip is a good value CPU that will
run faster than what I have?
I think I will need a new vido card as well.

My recent upgrade involved a ASUS P5NSLI
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...11&modelmenu=1
pretty decent motherboard, PCI-E for GFX, a few PCI's for exsisting cards,
IDE and Sata, Quad Core Compatible and Dual SLI Compatible....

Also ventured for a Geforce 8600GTS
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...43&modelmenu=1

Chip wise I did a Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...duo-e6420.html

and did 2x 1gb mem DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5300

In the UK this cost me just over £350, but that was about 6 months ago,
probably get it cheaper now, but I dunno what the prices are over there in
AUS....

"John McCallum" <delf20k@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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>I am thinking of upgrading my computers motherboad and chip from 2.4GHz and
>1Gb of DDR.
> I need at least 2 IDE slots to control my drives 2HD and 1CD and 1DVD .
> Is a new ASROCK the way to go and what chip is a good value CPU that will
> run faster than what I have?
> I think I will need a new vido card as well.
>

Thanks

"Kardon Coupé" <prefer.to@readon.newsgroups> wrote in message
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> My recent upgrade involved a ASUS P5NSLI
> http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...11&modelmenu=1
> pretty decent motherboard, PCI-E for GFX, a few PCI's for exsisting cards,
> IDE and Sata, Quad Core Compatible and Dual SLI Compatible....
>
> Also ventured for a Geforce 8600GTS
> http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...43&modelmenu=1
>
> Chip wise I did a Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...duo-e6420.html
>
> and did 2x 1gb mem DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5300
>
> In the UK this cost me just over £350, but that was about 6 months ago,
> probably get it cheaper now, but I dunno what the prices are over there in
> AUS....
>
> "John McCallum" <delf20k@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:473e611d$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>I am thinking of upgrading my computers motherboad and chip from 2.4GHz
>>and 1Gb of DDR.
>> I need at least 2 IDE slots to control my drives 2HD and 1CD and 1DVD .
>> Is a new ASROCK the way to go and what chip is a good value CPU that will
>> run faster than what I have?
>> I think I will need a new vido card as well.
>>
>
>