[ale] Pentium vs AMD vs DDR3 based motherboard

[Narahari 'n' Savitha]

It seems as though hardware questions are not supported or entertained.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
<savithari at gmail.com>wrote:

> Friends:
>
> I currently have a Biostar ATX Motherboard that houses a BE2400 AMD cpu.
> There is 4GB of DDR2 RAM.  This is my ongoing Myth Backend Server.
>
> I have another HTPC with MSI mATX motherboard iwth 4GB of DDR2 RAM with AMD
> || X2 250 CPU trying to run MythFrontEnd.
>
> I want to replace my Myth Server(the BE2400 cpu one)
>
> 1.  I am thinking of putting my Less powerfuls BE2400 CPU to the HTPC.
>
> 2.  Buy a new ATX DDR2 based motherboard, put the CPU (X2 250) yanked out
> from the HTPC to this new motherboard. (cost of MB = 60.00)
>
> However memory for DDR3 is cheap approx 8GB for $50
>
> Is it better to just buy a new DDR3 based Mother board with a diff CPU ?
>
> I am confused and would some suggestions/advise.
>
> -Narahari
>
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