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I was looking around on random sites for mobos and found this:

>Gigabyte GA-965P-S3<

>$168.00<

Anywhere in Australia (preferrably Sydney) I could get it or an equally/slightly less performance one for a cheaper price? I really need a new board {ASUS A7V133} yuck.

Oh, and i'm not even sure if they're called mobos. Does it stand for motherboard?

Never thought of CPUs actually...

If I do buy this mobo, which would be very unlikely, I'd put my old mobo's AMD Athlon 1.2GHz into it (will it work?).

I might also get an IDE to SATA board (convertor thingo).

you need to check the motherboard has the right socket for the CPU before you even think of buying it

That CPU is Socket A i think (from memory of my old Athlon XP Barton 2500 being socket A)

So don't even think of trying to put that CPU into that motherboard

Do any of the not-so-latest mobos support my current CPU and AGP?

My RAM is 128x128x256 (512mb) and DDRII.

I don't really plan on getting a new mobo (haven't got the money nor way of getting it) but if by some miracle someone gives me, like, $200 for my b'day (yeah, right) or someone spends that $200 and gets me the mobo plus cpu

What is the reason to replace the motherboard only?  About the only circumstance where that would make sense is if your current motherboard is malfunctioning.

1.2GHz Athlon is a fairly old PC.  If it works at all, you should just leave it alone for now and save for / talk parents into getting a complete new computer.  Even if you buy a new board and CPU, your other components -- particularly memory, which is the next most expensive item -- are not likely to be compatible with those. 

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Originally posted by Adeptus
if your current motherboard is malfunctioning.

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I've realised how behind I am with all this cpu/mobo/sata/etc. stuff.

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1.2GHz Athlon is a fairly old PC.

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That's another reason i need want a new mobo/everything.

also I busted about $50 on a new case, now I'm getting a wireless mouse for 20...

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Originally posted by staticice
$159.00

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That's not much of a difference, though...