Upgrading Motherboard, need suggestions

[Copilot]

Here is my current set up, I want to buy a new video card but my motherboard is lacking so I think I should probably get a new motherboard at the same time as getting a new video card.

Mobo: Asus M2N-MX SE
CPU: Amd athlon 64 x2 6000+
GPU: Geforce 7600GT
HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB
RAM: 2gigs DDR2 PC-5300 ram, 2 1gig sticks(for some reason CPUZ shows my second stick as PC-4300. Don't know why this is and I am pretty sure it is PC-5300)

I would like it if I could upgrade the mobo without having to buy new ram but if I have to I will.

The video card I plan on updating is a 9800GT or something similar in the $150 range(CAD)

Will be buying all parts from ncix.com not newegg as I am in Canada.

 

[zerocool84]

www.newegg.ca

 

[Copilot]

How are their prices so much cheaper? It makes no sense.

These are exactly the same but one is $50 more.

http://ncix.com/products/index...76-AR&manufacture=eVGA

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/P...x?Item=N82E16814130380

I wonder how much shipping is though, because its usually only $10 shipping from ncix

EDIT: Nevermind, can't buy with them they don't offer electronic billing.

 

[Blain]

1. Does your current case restrict you to only Micro-ATX MBs?
2. For the moment, I'll assume your case does limit your MBs to Micro-ATX.

* If you want firewire and have PS/2 input devices > Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HP
* If you don't need firewire and only need two DIMM slots > Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H
* If you want it all > Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H

 

[Copilot]

No my case is an antec 900, probably should have mentioned that.

 

[Denithor]

What exactly is "lacking" about your motherboard? It has an x16 PCIe slot already...you can use all the way up to a GTX 280 in there if you like (overkill for the rest of your system, of course, but you could).

 

[Copilot]

Well I heard about having video card problems due to the motherboard having low bus speeds, I have been having problems with my computer where playing computer intensive games like team fortress 2 and half life 2 where I get big spikes where my game hangs for a few seconds. I fixed the issue by buying a new case with better cooling, but I have no clue how my video card would be overheating since before I upgraded my motherboard I was using the same video card and I never had this issue. So its either with my mobo or my cpu, and I doubt its my CPU.

That is the only reason I would upgrade my mobo, if bus speeds or something isn't a problem then I will just upgrade my video card.