Hardware help

[silver_fox]

Hi,

I'm planning on upgrading my PC, and I've got some problems deciding on what to get.

What I've got now is:

P4 2.0 GHz
512 MB PC2100 DDR (2x256)
HIS Radeon X1600Pro 512MB AGP

So what I mainly want to upgrade is my RAM, but I've found that DDR only comes in lower speeds AND is more expensive, so I thought about getting a new motherboard in order to use DDR2.

My problem here is that I'd like to keep my graphics card, (well, not buy a new one) and most new MB's only got PCI slots.

And I'd like to not invest in a new CPU right now. But I will eventually want an E6600 (-or equivalent).

There is no motherboard that would take both my P4 and an E6600 is there?
Should I just go for broke and get a new CPU already?

And is there a (good) motherboard that will take both DDR2 and has an AGP slot. (And if possible a PCI-e slot too, for future upgades?)

Thank you for your time.
Any help would be very appreciated.

I'm sorry if anything is unclear, but just ask and I'll answer.

[ajimenez3]

Have you looked at some of the online electronic stores? On most of them you can buy 1 GB of DDR 2100 memory for under a Hundred dollars. At some places you can get a 2 GB of DDR2 for under two hundred. Memory is fairly cheap right now.

You are right about MBs not having both AGP and PCI-e graphic slots.

You have to ask yourself how much money you want to spend on upgrading your current system and how much you will spend on a new system. That might be close to each other if you are going to build the new one yourself and use parts from the old one.

With your system I personally would just go for a memory upgrade, keeping it under a hundred dollars, and save my money for a new MB, CPU, memory and Video Card in the future.

Good Luck.