Hi all, I decided to post on this forum since I usually post here and this place seems to get the most traffic. I hope avsim does not move this topic.I have fired my motherboard and memory, however I cant spend that much on a new computer till next year. I would really appricate your opinion on what motherboard I should get for the time being.My sig has my lasest hardware. I would love to have the same mobo however since its from 2004 its hard to find anywhere on the net (I have checked). I would like to have the nVIDIA nForce3-250Gb chipset on the board if possible: Here are the specs from my fried board:Asus K8N-E Deluxe Specifications:Supported CPUSocket 754AMD Athlon64 / Athlon Sempron ChipsetnVIDIA nForce3-250GbSystem Bus800 MhzMemory:3 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets - 3GB MaxDDR400/DDR333/DDR266 ECC/non-ECC un-bufferedExpansion Slots:1x AGP 8x (1.5 volt only)5x PCIStorage:Chipset Integrated:- 2x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33- 2x Sertal ATA supporting RAID-0 and RAID-1Silicon Image Sil 3114 - 4x Serial ATA- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, JBODAI AudioAudio Sensing and Enumeration Technology8-Channel Audio outputCoaxial/Optcal S/PDIF outputsLocal Area NetworkIntegrated Gigabit LAN controllerIEEE 13942x 1394 PortsUSB 2.08x USB 2.0 portsAi BIOSCrash Free BIOS 2Q-Fan 2Voice Port ReporterCan anyone help me find an affordable motherboard and memory (1gig) that would be close to the one I had before? Im looking around 40-60 dollars for a new mobo. Im really hurtin not having my machine and not flying my flightsim.Much help appriciatedThanks,Bill

Hey Bill;Just Google it; check out eBay, etc. This is a quick check at ASUS on the socket:http://ca.asus.com/products2.aspx?l1=3&l2=14and these are a few quick checks on the pci mb.http://www.dealtime.com/xPO-ASUS-Athlon-64...R-www.google.cahttp://www.pricegrabber.ca/search_getprod....erid=17580031//http://www.provantage.com/asus-k8n-vm~7ASUS1JT.htmhttp://www.bizrate.com/motherboards/asus-k...--pid392287905/and here's a few on the AGP mb: (which you want)http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-K8V-X-SE-Moth...l/dp/B000AV4NBGhttp://www.directron.com/k8vxse.htmlhttp://www.shopbot.com.au/p-15421.htmlOnly Shopbot showed a price around $50, though.

Thanks PaulBill

If you're strapped for cash you could consider this as a solution..the spec is very similar to your old ASUShttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...82E16813138247Rhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145440RegardsJim

Thanks Jim I will look into those.Bill