Mobo

[Malatory]

What are PCI-E and AGP? Remember I am in the rookie corner. ha ha

Valid Question.

PCI-E = PCI Express and is going to replace AGP the current standard. Its not going to happen over night. So AGP will be around for a while.

If your going to piece out parts from your current system then I would look for one that has AGP.

[Zeus]

well...piecing out parts from your old PC doesn't necessitate agp. Unless you are specifically planning on reusing an AGP vid card. If you are building a pc ground up, PCIe is far more future-proof. You will have more upgrade potential down the line.

but that is just my $0.02

[pc1972]

This is definitely from the ground up. I am running on a three year old Compaq. I NEED TO PLAY BATTLEFIELD 2 and FALCON 4.0 ALLIED FORCES.

[crenn]

IF you live in Australia, I can design a system for you in about 5 minutes with full specs and price. But I work towards a 'limit'. Therefore you would need to give me a budget!

Anyway, where do you live in the world? Australia? USA? Ireland?

[Prodigy]

If you purchase a PCI-E Motherboard, you must get a PCI-E graphics card, unless you go with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157081

But I really wouldn't recommend that if your building a new computer with previous parts. I own a DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D and has done me well. You can check it out here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136152

If you don't play on going with Nvidia's SLI I would definately recommend that board.

[pc1972]

I like that link Prodigy. Like I said I am building from the ground up. All new parts. I don't think that I can salvage anything from the compaq. The only thing I have added in there is an nVidia GeForce FX5600.