PCI-Express Mobo

[Peerzy]

I remember earing somewhere that isn't PCI-Express and PCI-X different things.

If you cannot find a AGP and PCI-Express board then why not buy the graphics card and CPU with money now and wait untill you have more money to buy the motherboard, that was as soon as you get the mobo you can just borrow your old ram for a bit but use your new CPU and Video card. Then as more money starts coming in upgrade your ram to 1GB or 2GB, also get a Dvd-/+rw while your at it

[lynx]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...136-150&DEPA=0

That is one, I tink anyways about 10 minutes of looking at this stuff I start to go blind. But anyways, it does seem as though you guys are right. I cant find any practical solutions, and I guess that it is not the ned of thw world. Just means that I have to buy my MOBO and Vid card at the same time, which does suck because new Processor, and alot more ram was something that I was more concerned about.

I hate computers.

thanks guys.

DO NOT buy that board, it won't do what you want.

PCI-X was a crappy idea dreamt up by HP, IBM and Compaq. It actually made things more complicated than the conventional PCI. It was supposedly faster but backwards compatible, but as soon as you introduced a single PCI card the whole bus dropped to the speed of the slowest device.

With PCI-E each device has it's own high speed bus, so as higher speeds are developed existing cards won't slow the bus down for newer devices.

It looks like ASRock may develop the PT880PRO boards, the question is when. Why not send them an email and ask, the worst that happens is they tell you to STFU.

[clocker]

Peerzy,
Your friend is facing the dilemma that I deal with every day.
Prospective buyers are always shocked to discover that hardly any of their equipment is going to carry over to the 939 platform.
It's not really feasable to just upgrade the CPU and RAM and carry on.

Old AGP vid cards ( even nice ones like the 9800 Pro) can't hold a candle to the PCI-e new guys.
Their PSU probably doesn't have the 24 pin mobo connector or the 6 pin video output, so there's another $100 (at least).
Got SATA? You'd better, cause that's the way it's all going.

Folks are better off just ditching the old PC altogether and starting from scratch.
Sad, but true.