Hi, my *ahem* 'gaming' rig has just expired and I need to get it working again using the least amount of money possible! Here are the specs: Asrock K7Upgrade880 mobo, AthlonXP 3200+, 2x512MB DDR400Crucial, 512MB Gainward Bliss 7900GS+ AGP, Seagate 120GB, X-fi Extrememusic, Dell 2007, 550W PSU.
Now it doesn't boot up at all and I suspect the mobo, which is frustrating as I have the Upgrade daughterboard *and* the Athlon64 3700+ to go with it: but of course I can't try that now.
So here are what I think are my best options:
1) Just get an Asrock K7NF2 Nforce board and hope to get a whole new rig later.
2) Get an Asrock K8sli-esata2 so I can utilise the 3700+, my old RAM and other components (but it means purchasing a new PCI-E gfx card which would have to be an Nvidia if I want to SLI it later).
3) Get an Asrock 4Core Dual VSTA so I can use all components including DDR400 and AGP card but still upgrade to DDR2 (only 667Mhz tho) and PCI-E (but not SLI) later. This would require a Core2 Duo of some kind and I'm not sure I want to wait for the 2nd quarter price cuts (and E4300 intro)...
4)Try to find another Asrock K7-880 (but that's a bit dull).
Come to think of it, that's a lot of Asrock right there despite the fact that the mobo that's (allegedly) blown is an Asrock... hmm
Advice appreciated!