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Any recomendations, looking at most 150 CAD.
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What type of video adapter are you going to plug into it; AGP or PCIe?
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Dont get ASRock

Epox, DFI and ASUS are my recomendations
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Krom wrote:What type of video adapter are you going to plug into it; AGP or PCIe?
I currently have an AGP 6800, but im not opposed to buying a new card.
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I'd second getting a DFI or an ASUS motherboard for an A64. Spring for a PCI-E x16 board and a PCI-E x16 video card if you can get the money together for it. Buying an AGP board is just throwing your money away IMHO.
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I am extremely happy with my very-full-featured Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 nF4 board.
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If you don't plan on paying twice the price for an SLI board, the Asus A8N5X is a decent board. Just don't use the onboard audio. I've found the quality of the Realtek RLC850 to be quite lacking. Definitely invest in a decent PCI sound card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131569

This board supports dual core processors as well so you have another upgrade path.
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a majority if not all 939 boards support DC =p

just need a simple bios flash if it didnt when it was new

dats the beauty of AMD :D

just dont I insist dont touch ASRock, if the product wont suck, their tech support will, ive been going back and forth with Mr. Wu for a month+ now.
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Immortal Lobster wrote:Dont get ASRock

Epox, DFI and ASUS are my recomendations
ASRock is a devision of ASUS, it's their cheaper line.
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aye, and they give cheap a whooole new definition
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Very happy with my MSI.
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