MOBO upgrade advice needed

[bigredbus]

Hello. I am looking for some advice. I was given a compaq presario 5410; mini-tower; system board=compaq 05C4h 1.2b, 100 MHz bus clock; processor=400 MHz AMD K6 3D; 64MB RAM. This machine didn't want to recognize the HDD. I found the existing HDD to be defective and replaced it with a 20 gig WD. I built my current pc from scratch; mobo=Asus A8V-E SE pci express capable; processor=AMD Athlon 64 2.20 gigs. I use this machine for some video work and music cd's, some word processing. I want to replace the mobo in the compaq 5410 with a higher rated mobo and a processor speed of about 800MHz, raise the memory to about 512 MB and use it as a back-up to surf the internet and do word processing. Can someone help me find this type mobo....it should only have 4 pci slots to fit in the compaq case. Thanks.

[mjc]

If you are replacing everything on the Compaq...why even bother with keeping any of it? Why limit yourselfl to the case, etc?

[saphalline]

I agree. Dump that old piece of junk. You can build yourself a new system using either an LGA 775 Celeron D or a Socket AM2 Sempron 64 (both have 64-bit support) for cheap. On average, each part costs only $55, and you'd have all new hardware with new warranties. That certainly won't be the case if you have to scrounge the net for surplus 800 MHz cr@p. Not cost effective anymore when you can get a new 3GHz equivalent system with much better RAM support (SDRAM costs a fortune right now!) not to mention PCIe, SATA, 64-bit support, dual-core support - all stuff that was inconceivable in the days of 800 MHz CPU's.

Besides, unless you get a replacement Compaq mobo for that system, you're gonna have tons of problems getting the layout to fit and the proprietary front panel connector to plug into the new mobo. Just not worth it for a 400MHz system in the new era of 64-bit dual-core 3-4GHz CPU's.