Need help with new Motherboard/processor

[Minty1400]

Hello.

Im looking to get a new processor and motherboard and also a new power supply.

I dont really know where to look and not to sure what im looking for exactly so i was hoping some of you guys could help.

I need the motherbaord to have an agp slot, as my current graphics card is agp. It would also be good if it could have a PCI-express slot aswell, seeing as its near impossible to get agp cards now days.

I currently have two 512mb sticks of ram. Adding up to a gig in total, so would need the motherboard to able to handle that. Which im guessing they all can? It would also be good if they would have an extra slot or 2.

Processors wise, im not too bother, just thats it fairly good and not too expensive. Prefferably agp. But not too bothered. My current processor is AMD sempron 2600+, MMX, 3d now, 1.8ghz. Which i believe to be pretty poor. So obviously something better than that.

Power supply wise, i need something that is going to be strong enough to run my Nivida geforce 7300gt. Which my currently 400w is not.

Cheers for the help.

[Whir]

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[Minty1400]

Sorry, I thought id put it in the Motherboard topic aswell as the Processor one. Coz its about both of them.

[etnietering]

Here is one that might be just what you're looking for:
Newegg.com - ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
It runs both AGP and PCIe, so you'll be set for the future. It also supports DDR and DDR2, so you can use whatever you have now (you didn't say what you have, but I'm assuming it's one of these). For CPU, it says it's compatible with Core2 Duos and Core2 Quads, so you can pick up a very powerful CPU for pretty cheap. For power supplies, I've heard great things about antec and PC power & cooling. I built a computer recently though with a Corsair (it was on sale) after reading some pretty good reviews about them.

Good Luck!

[Minty1400]

Thanks for the reply mate. Very helpful.

Yes that motherboard looks good! Just gotta find a decent but cheap processor for it.

Whats better amd or intel?

Thanks.

[etnietering]

well that board is intel only. This one looks pretty good: Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 Allendale 2.4GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops and the website says it's compatible. It's pretty cheap and will definitely not be the bottleneck in your system.