Greetingz! After a long sentence, my comp has finally been declared free. As a result, I need to get a new mobo/cpu/power supply/ram. Im currently runnin RD ram, and although VERY happy with it, I think its better to move on to DDR Ram. ANyways, cutting to the chase. Im buying a mobo; but with such vsat choice, Im not sure about what to get. Size isnt a constraint, but it does need to have at least 4 PCI slots and an AGP slot. The processor Im looking at is a P4 2.6/3.0/3.06/3.4 not too sure which one still (my wallet will probably decide). 1Gb ram minimum as Im running ram lover windows. Does anyone have any advice? I.E. what mobos to avoid, any mobo you were particulary happy with etc. Thanx, Spinal

Hello again! I just noticed that I can buy some mobos with PCI-X... I didnt realise this was released! Does anyone have any experience with this technology? THanx again, Spinal

PCI X is the new generation PCI bus allowing greater bandwidth. Resaerch as many brands as you feel you need to compare what they offer at the budget you have set for the board. Consider future upgrade capacity. Personally I Run A Gigabyte 8IPE 1000 Mobo and am pleased with the features/performance and future upgrade cap. Asus,Gigabyte, Albatron, MSI, Shuttle. Just a few name brands for you to peruse. HTH Mathew

You want pci-e. pci-x is pci at higher speeds, pci-e is the next wave and will replace pci and agp. pci-e is not a bus and now all devices will have a dedicated path to the mobo chipset, eliminating that contention. pci-e also has dedicated upward and downward physcial paths per device, which can double throughput at the same speed in exactly the same way hypertransport is superior to an fsb. pci-e video cards from ati and nvidia have already been shown to the public. Here's more. http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040310/pcie-10.html