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New MOBO recomendations...
moonchilddave:
Well, my old Dell Dimension 4300 (P4 @ 1.6G) has gotten to the point that it's not worth repairing as it's likely the motherboard (lightning hit the house and went down the phone line and in through the modem).
I mainly use MAME to run the classics (1970-1987 or so)... I'm currently looking at this combo:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4910400&sku=B69-3101
I liked the fact it had the built-in video which beats what I had (an old GeForce 2 MX/MX 400). Should this be a good replacement? Or could someone recommend something better? I'm looking in the under $200 range. With my old system, running MAME .131 things got pretty slow when I turned on scanlines and I had issues with the choppy audio.
Beretta:
well if price is a concern then check out this thread by dr zero: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=94657.0
the price is pretty good for a still pretty capable system.
DO NOT buy a phenom processor, they are the sux, the phenom II however is'nt bad.
if you've got enough parts to salvage then i'd say go with either a intel e5200, or a phenom II x2 550
both those go for less then 100 bucks, and boht over clock pretty well.
a mother board should be easily had for less then 100, there are better deals to be had on the intel 775 boards, i've seen some nice gigabytes go for like 40 bucks AR lately.
micro center had one about 3 weeks ago.
if you dont care about over clocking i can recommend going with ECS boards, they're pretty no frills, but all the ones i've had been rock solid stable and are cheap.. usually under 50 bucks even when not on sell.
drventure:
You might also want to check out this thread.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=94595.0
moonchilddave:
Thanks for the tips... I'm now looking at:
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
with either
ECS BLACK SERIES GF8200A (V1.0) AM2+/AM3 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
or
ASUS M4N78 Pro AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8300 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
Any other good MOBO recommendations for this CPU with integrated video welcome!
Beretta:
that ECS should be fine, i've heard good things of the black series although never used one my self..
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