[rudedog]

You are correct sir.

You can now get a P4 motherboard with the 845 chipset. Which allows you to use ddr ram

Sorry about that and thanks for catchin it r3mix

[Bazooka_Joe]

Personally, if I were you, I'd wait. The new types of RAM/Chipsets just emerged for the next-gen computers. They are the Intel 850E and G chipsets, which support ATA-133 UMDA ports, (for 133 HD's) and the newer RAM: PC4200 for DDR RAM, and PC-1066 and PC-1200 for RDRAM. The 1200 is the best, with 4200 close behind it, then 1066. So if you wait about a month, you can get a board/CPU for about 400 - 600.

[Colonel]

I installed a new motherboard and hard drive a few months back and did it just like Bazooka Joe and Rudedog are suggesting. It is working out real well. Now i just let my kids use the old smaller hard drive to store their music.

I do have a question though. I was scrolling through the consol the other night and it shows that I am using a Pentium III. The motherboard that I installed is a P4 1.7ghz. Am I getting everything out of it I should? Are my programs recognizing the motherboard's full potential?

I bought my board on tigerdirect.com. No problems to report. Fast delivery and everything came like they said it would.

[bighomey99]

You dont have to format..... i would suggest an asus ....they are good a manufacture of motherboards......and weather you want a amd or intel that up to you..............

[pest]

Yeah sin - you may want to hold out a bit. the new amd 2600 are coming out soon and they have comeout with the new kt400 motherboard chipset (w/8xagp slot - nice for video upgrading later). I am slowly collecting periperals - floppy, case, fans, new burner, etc., and I am going to build my first computer soon (got a bonus check coming). With the new chipset and processor coming out for amd, the last generation stuff will drop in price pretty good soon after.

Intel is good stuff, but for gaming, you just cant beat amd's price for performance.