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<blockquote data-quote="Program.X" data-source="post: 24667" data-attributes="member: 15773"><p>Thanks guys, most insightful posts.</p><p></p><p>So my plan is to go with that board and a suitable CPU. I was going to hang on till Vista came out, but I can upgrade piecemeal this way and hopefully end up with a system that might just manage to draw the latest MS window decorations.</p><p></p><p>I did look for boards that support Athlon, as I have no real concern either way between AMD and Intel, but it seems that the boards available do tend to be cheaper, and therefore, sacrifice the optical audio out - which is essential for my configuration. (I want a decent board, and then I will turn off the features as I buy better hardware - eg. a SoundBlaster Audigy sound card)</p><p></p><p>So, I will first buy the CPU and Mainboard, knock that into my existing ATX chassis, get a fan and hopefully my existing DDR RAM will work (I know it will be slower) and I should be ready to go. Shame a new copy of WinXP Pro costs nearly as much as all of that little lot combined!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Program.X, post: 24667, member: 15773"] Thanks guys, most insightful posts. So my plan is to go with that board and a suitable CPU. I was going to hang on till Vista came out, but I can upgrade piecemeal this way and hopefully end up with a system that might just manage to draw the latest MS window decorations. I did look for boards that support Athlon, as I have no real concern either way between AMD and Intel, but it seems that the boards available do tend to be cheaper, and therefore, sacrifice the optical audio out - which is essential for my configuration. (I want a decent board, and then I will turn off the features as I buy better hardware - eg. a SoundBlaster Audigy sound card) So, I will first buy the CPU and Mainboard, knock that into my existing ATX chassis, get a fan and hopefully my existing DDR RAM will work (I know it will be slower) and I should be ready to go. Shame a new copy of WinXP Pro costs nearly as much as all of that little lot combined! [/QUOTE]
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