Best motherboard for AMD Dual Core ?

[esumitkumar]

Hi

I am planning to upgrade my old PC . Please tell

1. Which MB with best inbuilt grafix card(nVidia/ATI) is good for AMD Dual Core processor and its cost

2. My CRT is 6 yrs old and working fine ..how much is general life of CRT? Shud I take a new LCD instead ?

Thanks
Sumit

[Tech Geek]

Take a new LCD or CRT monitor. I don't know about the Graphic cards.

[drvarunmehta]

Get any mobo based on the Geforce 6150 chipset. It's the best choice for an AMD platform. The Asus M2NPV-MX should cost about Rs. 4,700. Buy socket AM2 mobo's as the older socket 939 one's don't have much scope to upgrade.

[esumitkumar]

hello DrVarun
my frnd has bought Gigabyte based on Nvidia 6100 ? Is it good ? Or shud I take Asus only for best performance ?

[samrulez]

For socket 939 ASUS A8N-VM CSM is good, yes it has on board 6150 IGP from nvidia, it as good as a 6200 but dosem't have its own memory! ..

But try to get a AM2 mobo and prcey, it will be more future proof.!

[esumitkumar]

Hmm nice suggestions.... but I am confused..tell me which processor AM2 and which AM2 Motherboard (budget --> cheap and best) will be future proof for two three years

[akshayt]

Get Intel C2D PERIOD

[drvarunmehta]

Read the post above yours. He needs something cheap and C2D certainly isn't cheap.

@esumitkumar: Get an Athlon64 X2 3600+ (Rs. 6900) processor and an Asus M2NPV-MX mobo (Rs. 4700) based on Geforce 6150 chipset. If you want to save a little more money, get an Asus M2N-MX mobo (Rs. 4300) based on Geforce 6100 chipset.

[esumitkumar]

Thanks Dr Varun..u really rock ...