Need new Motherboard/Processor/RAM - Suggestions?

[Assassin Xaero]

Apparently my motherboard is starting to short circuit, and I need to buy a new one. My old one uses DDR ram, so I'll probably need to get some DDR2/3 also, and a new process (quad core or better). Any suggestions? Trying to stay within the $200-300 range.

 

[shotgunbob]

If you look hard enough you can pry get a P55 Motherboard with an Intel i3 for fairly cheap

 

[Horticulture]

If you're dead set on a quad, these [http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.391891].

 

[Pandalisk]

Rule of thumb, You can NEVER have enough RAM
[small] except when you have to much RAM[/small]

 

[Arachon]

Rule of thumb, You can NEVER have enough RAM
[small] except when you have to much RAM[/small]

64-bit OS caps on 192GB doesn't it?

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Rule of thumb, You can NEVER have enough RAM
[small] except when you have to much RAM[/small]

64-bit OS caps on 192GB doesn't it?

Only for windows. A linux system can handle upwards of 64 tebibytes of physical memory. 1 TiB is appx 10^12 bytes. Of course, only massive servers will even come close to this amount of RAM requirements, and due to physical memory space, the limit for PCs is basically nonexistent.

 

[mad825]

Rule of thumb, You can NEVER have enough RAM
[small] except when you have to much RAM[/small]

unless you are planning to work out Pi I dont think there is no need to have 8GB or more however this would be nice if you were not planning to upgrade the RAM until the next nuclear holocaust