Re: Need Suggestions !!!!

You're seriously restricting yourself by requiring a board that takes an AGP graphics card. However, some still exist:

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/mb/content.php?S_ID=141

(It has only 2 PCI slots, but it includes an onboard NIC, so you wouldn't need to carry over your "Lan card".) It uses a Socket AM2 Athlon 64 CPU, so you'd need DDR2 memory to go with it.

On the Intel side,

http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2585&ModelName=GA-8I865GME-775-RH-AS

Make sure to get this revision of the board if you want to run a Core 2 Duo CPU. It uses DDR RAM, though. Stay with the 800 MHz FSB Core2 CPUs.

For both of these, check further whether you unnamed Matrox graphics card will fit. Your KR7A has an AGP 4X slot, so there may be a compatibility issue. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agp

I found these using the "power search" function at www.newegg.com. I'd suggest NewEgg as an online vendor, but I doubt that they ship to the UK.

I have used neither of these microATX boards, but both makers are reputable.

You might do better to go with a PCI-E graphics card. There are still boards around with ATA drive controllers, but AGP graphics are pretty much over for new systems.

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"bigdaddy" <NOspamMZBEG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:o5n5d39onraoq0jg3rk4bgpsavei946l5c@xxxxxxxxxx
Hi all

I am running Abit Kr7a with AMD 1700 CPU and 1 GB Memory. I use
photoshop and Adobe premier occasionally. Now I want to upgrade to
something better, but using my Hard Drives, TV Card, Lan Card and
Matrox Grafic Card from my old mobo. I like to stick to ATA though as
I can not afford two hard drives right now.

I do not want top of the range Mobo and CPU, which I can not afford.
Something cheaper but very stable combination.

Thanks for your suggestions.

.

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