Your cheapest way is to stay with an AMD system and reuse all your
components. I built a relatively cheap computer with
 http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=KM4M-V&class=mb
 and it has given me no problems. You may have to reactivate XP but, each
time I've had to reactivate there was no problem. Most of the time you don't
even speak to a human being to reactivate.

Tom Mayer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Lauritzen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:35 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] CPU upgrade - motherboard


My keyboard buffer is out on my motherboard so I need a new motherboard.  I
have a athlon 900mhz MSI board in a gateway mid-tower St. Francis model
case.  I am looking for some advice on what to replace my motherboard with.
I don't want to spend a lot of money.  Should I stay with some type of
Athlon system or go to a intel P-4 system?  What are my compatibility
limitations?  I am running Windows XP, and the current system has a 40 gig
hard drive and about 850 MB of 133mhz ram.

thanks for any suggestions.

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