Is GIGABYTE GA-M55plus-S3G motherboard a good choice?

Hello,

I am planning to upgrade my old motherboard, CPU, Quantum 15 GB IDE HDD,
and video card in a few weeks because newer and upcoming games are slow
and choppy. http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt
shows what my current primary/gaming computer is using. I am of thinking
of getting an AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU (939) and GIGABYTE GA-M55plus-S3G,
and reusing old parts (case, 2 GB of RAM, sound card, two TV tuner
cards, two old IDE HDDs (one is replaced with a new and fast SATA 320 GB
HDD), DVD-ROM drive, CD burner, etc.). I also will not be overclocking.
Notice I am not the type of guy who gets the latest stuff.

I was going to go Intel, but it costs a lot more and I didn't not want
to spend a lot of money on this upgrade. I am going to keep using
Windows XP Pro. SP2 (32-bit). Who knows when I will get Vista. Maybe not
for a long time. Linux/Debian will be later on though (a few years)
when I put in my other mid-tower ATX case.

Plan to get:
1. A GIGABYTE GA-M55plus-S3G motherboard.
2. An AMD Athlon 64 X2 (939) CPU -- probably 4600+ speed.
3. A NVIDIA GeForce 79xx PCIe card (no SLI).
4. A Seagate 320 GB SATA HDD (3 Gb/sec).
5. A PCI IDE Controller for two more IDE ports for two old IDE HDDs, CD,
and DVD drives.

What do you think? Any problems with this setup? Thank you in advance.

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Review at:
http://www.sysopt.com/features/mboard/article.php/3644226

It seams to be a steal.

But this MB is for AM2 ! (also obvious since it has sata2)

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products....aspx?ProductID=2283&ModelName=GA-M55plus-S3G


If you absolutely want a 939 system for reuse of DDR ram K8NF-9 could
be a choice:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products...herboard&ProductID=1860&ProductName=GA-K8NF-9

best regards

John

 

Hello,

What? Am I not reading this correctly? "AMD Athlon?64 X2/ Athlon?64
socket AM2 platform" seems to suggest 939 as well? "/" means OR.

I will look into it.
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Here are a few which have been tested/approved by AMD:
Gigabyte GA-K8N (Ultra 9) ----------->check for PCIe compat.
Gigabyte K8N51 PVM9-RH-NV



remember that the pwr.supply socket is different (# pins) for PCIe