Motherboard and Intel processor

[Tilar]

I'm wanting to buy a new motherboard and processor. Right now I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, 2 gig PC2-6400 Crucial Technology ram,  ASUS M2N-E SLI motherboard, and I'm not impressed with it anymore.

I want to try an Intel board and processor. I don't want a Celeron prosessor either.

Can anyone suggest a decent board and processor? They are coming out with so many different named processors I don't know if I'm buying a computer system or booking a vacation.

[last426]

Go to http://www.tomshardware.com/ 

[Khyron]

budget?

[Tilar]

I'd like to get in around $250 or less for board processor and ram but for sure not over $300. I have an ATX case and an 850 power supply and I don't have a problem using my old ram if it is compatible with the new board. Right now I'm running dual Nvidia Gforce 6800's in SLI so I need to take that into consideration on the new board to be sure it has the right slots or I'll need to get a different video card if the new board doesn't have onboard video.

[b5blue]

Check out Newegg's site, my son and his pal's shop there. You should be good on your budget, he's getting the board, 3core, and 2 memory sticks for that. 

[Khyron]

for that little money, i would suggest a Intel Core 2 2.8 gig or better, Asus or Intel 775 Motherboard, chances are your old system has DDR2. so reuse it.

If you get into the i3 or i5's your looking at a lot of money, and then your also looking at DDR3 memory and it isn't cheap yet.

Stick with a 775 chipset and you should be fine.