Replacing motherboards

[Darkmolerman]

Is it as easy to replace a motherboard as it is on anything else? I don't want to replace the motherboard and  :cylon happens. Or simply  :dstar I want to get dual gfx cards and its hard to do that when I have a mid range motherboard that has one PCI express port

[KingIsaacLinksr]

If your replacing MBs...well, as I hear it you should build an entirely new system.  I have no XP in this matter so I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come in. 

King

[Feathers]

If your replacing MBs...well, as I hear it you should build an entirely new system.  I have no XP in this matter so I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come in. 

King

I thought that was what Rico was here for ;)

[sheldor]

It all depends.  If you have had this board for a while, its likely the tech has changed - especially the video and cpu.  Hard drives, memory usually can be transferred.  Any chance you can just get the same motherboard or are you looking to do an upgrade?

A good site to check for components www.newegg.com

[Rico]

Like Mark said, it depends on your other hardware.  Usually by the time you want those kind of upgrades you usually have to replace more than just the motherboard.  I just read a great article in Maximum PC magazine where they built a whole new, very fast PC for only about $600.  There are some great components out there at great prices these days.

[Blackride]

What socket is your mobo? DDR2 I take it? What chipset?

[billybob476]

Yeah unless your replacing a pretty current motherboard, you'll likely be upgrade RAM and CPU at the same time.

[Darkmolerman]

I have a gigabyte P43-ES3G the problem I have with it is the fact it has only one PCI-E port so I want to get a slightly better one, and a new CPU. I have a 2.55 dual core (Intel Pentium) I am not getting a DDR3 upgrade or a i7/i8 upgrade with my dual core. Lol while I was gone I picked up knowledge