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Yes. If you were going to buy a new motherboard though, it would be prudent to get a new case and everything. But first, tell me all of what you have. If you are going to replace your motherboard and CPU, tell me what your graphics card is, (im assuming its an AGP so you will have to buy a new PCIe 16 card. What kind of memory (type, speed, amount, brand, model) you have, your harddrive... Everything. If you are going to do that, you might as well do a full new build. You decide what you want to do, and get back to me.


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I basically want to get new everything except a harddrive I have a 160gb SATA HD with XP Installed in my Dell, I also have a PCI Graphics card but I'm not worried about getting a better one, I am using this computer for audio production. I was looking at barebones kits, but I wasn;'t sure if there was anything technical involved wit hthat or if I just basically put it together.


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you have a PCI graphics card? =O *whistles* ok, give me your price range, and i will put together a list for you. If you are doing audio production, you will be needing a very good sound card, and good processor power. just state your price range, and i'll get right on it.


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Actually I don't need a sound card at all, I have one that plugs in using firewire, and I have a firewire PCI card as well. I'm really not wanting to spend much, probably like $300. I really would like to make it as easy as possible to build, cause this is my first time. Once again I really appreciate your help.


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Actually, the motherboard i recommended here has a fantastic onboard sound, the ALC889a, which is very good. I recommend using that.

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Should be very easy to set up, the BIOS settings will probably be the only sticky part, but i can guide you through those when the time comes.


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Thanks I'll definately look into getting that asap, I'll let you know if I need help with the BIOS (most likely will) Thanks Again!



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