On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 08:09:01 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:

I'm looking for a new motherboard and haven't really kept up with
computer technology for several years now.

If I can re-use the CPU, I will save the cost of this part PLUS greedy
greedy M$oft won't make me pay for ANOTHER win 7 OS disk. I don't want
to reuse it if I'm being penny wise and pound foolish. Belarc says its
a 3.60 gigahertz AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core. The current MB manual says its
an AM3+ socket.

OK, I'm looking for a file storage and internet surfer machine, don't
need blazing speed, or a lot of memory. So I went to Newegg for MBs,
selected AM3+ socket, FX type processor, and started looking for ones
with lots of SATA and other slots. I came up with these tentative
results: http://tinyurl.com/nofnueh I made some selections to narrow
the field that aren't really needed.

Any suggestions? Am I on the right track to re use this CPU? If we're
good to go with one of these, I'll want to double check if the memory
I have is compatible, Belarc says I got 2 each 4 meg sticks. The
existing MB manual says DDR3. Not sure how to double check the memory
speed.

Karl

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Several suggestions:

(1) Install Linux [I like Ubuntu] and Windows 7 for a dual
boot system. Linux and a ton of free software, at least as
good as the commercial equivalents are available for
downloading. Linux is continually upgraded, and is what
most of the IT department and ISP servers run.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

(2) Selecting the correct motherboard will allow easy
upgrade as your requirements increase. I like Tiger Direct.
Only complaint I have is that they like to hold on to the
rebate money for as long as possible.
Best deals are the bare bones kits
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...sort=1&recs=10
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...rt=1&re cs=10
I have had good luck with WD drives
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...458&CatId=2459

(3) Download and run
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
to see what you have in your current system.

(4) you should have a USB 2 or 3 port with the new
motherboard. Install one of the new USB micro flash drives
at least equal to your installed RAM and configure as the
ReadyBoost drive. click on computer the flash drive th
properties. Cuts down on hard drive i/o when you need to
swap out the physical memory. You can also use an SD chip
if you have a slot. Class 4 is all you need. If you have
USB3 be sure to get a USB3 flash drive. These are slightly
more expensive but much faster.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/PNY-64GB-A...Drive/33563942
you can use extra space above the ReadyBoost swap file as an
other hard drive.


Let the group know how you make out.


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Unka' George

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silver is the money of gentlemen,
barter is the money of peasants,
but debt is the money of slaves"

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