WHAT do you know! I have a Socket 939 motherboard also. I want to upgrade to the new motherboard but waiting for my new job and to save some money. I have a AMD Althon 64 X2 +4200 2.2 GHZ but some how it show on my AMD CPU info thats its been overclocked to 2.3 GHZ funny:? but anyway I still am using this as I do not have the money to upgrade. But I really like what I hear about the AMD 780g motherboard. But anyways what kind of slots does you motherboard have? is it PCI, AGP?

I am going to be upgrading my girlfriends computer for light gaming. But now this is her current specs.

AMD Athlon XP @ 1.3 GHZ

Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 32MB

512 MB SDRam

20 GB HDD

150 Watt PSU

LG super-mult DVD burner 20x

windows XP starter edition SP2

LG flatronic 15 inch w/ vga and DVI monitor

Now I am thinking of get this for her

AMD Phenom 9500 2.2 GHZ

ASUS 780g mATX

2 GB DDR2

WD 250 GB SATA HDD

thermal take 430 watt PSU

Visiontek ATI Radeon HD 2600pro 512 GDDR3

So how much of an upgrade will this be?

she like to play games like the sims and sim city, ceasar 2 Fifa soccer

What is better? ATI or Nvidia

What is better in games?

what is better for watching blu-ray DVD , and other HD video and content?

What is better for video editing?

What is better for video encoding?

what is better for graphics software software?

well right now I have a laptop Acer Aspire 5003. its not fit for gaming as the specs are :

AMD Turion ML-32 1.8 GHZ 512 KB L2 cache.

15.4 TFT

120 GB HDD

2 GB DDR Ram

760GX Mirige Graphics 2

my dads Desktop is what I play my games on the specs are this

HP pavlion a1357c

AMD Althon X2 4200+ 2.2 GHZ 939

Thermal Take 500 watt PSU

ASUS motherboard

BFG 8800 GT OC 512 MB GDDR3

2 GB DDR ram 400 MHZ

HP vs 19 LCD.

The question is since I will want to play PC games. I will not have space for a desktop or DIY desktop. SO I will need to get a laptop.

I will have about 1,500 to 2,000 to spend on a laptop for gaming on PC. The question is which one? I do live in the USA

HP