Is the 7600GT AGP or PCI-E?
Is the AMD Socket 939 or 754?

well for a start mate what games do you want to play.....?

if you wanna game your AMD is really gonna lag.
especially with the newer games

your 7600GT is also very dated...so its also gotta go....

do you really want to chuck a new mobo at those older parts....?

if so here we go....
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe AI Lifestyle MOBO send by EMS on eBay, also Motherboards, For Desktops, PC Components, Computers Networking (end time 27-Jul-08 11:39:09 BST)

this sports 2 x16 slots @ x16 for full SLI bandwidth...
& its pretty cheap...

what PSU do you have....

You will not see any gain from swapping the mobo, if you need to spend on that system just add more memory.

Hi Scissormetimbers,

Usually overheating issues have more to do with the amount of airflow in your case over each device, how clean and dustfree it is in there, and how tidy the cables are. Overclocking to much can also cause overheating issues.

Have you already taken care of these items to help with the overheating?

I would wait until you are ready to upgrade the CPU and other components before getting another motherboard. Otherwise you will not see much if any increase in performance with the same devices on a new motherboard. I agree with John, your you would get more of a performance increase by adding at least another 2GB of RAM.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Originally Posted by scissormetimbers

Originally Posted by skunksmash

well for a start mate what games do you want to play.....?

if you wanna game your AMD is really gonna lag.
especially with the newer games

your 7600GT is also very dated...so its also gotta go....

do you really want to chuck a new mobo at those older parts....?

if so here we go....
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe AI Lifestyle MOBO send by EMS on eBay, also Motherboards, For Desktops, PC Components, Computers Networking (end time 27-Jul-08 11:39:09 BST)

this sports 2 x16 slots @ x16 for full SLI bandwidth...
& its pretty cheap...

what PSU do you have....

well ive played games successfully with this computer before, i played wow for a while completely lag free, it runs all of the games ive tried it for quite nicely. i was thinking ill update my CPU and get a new nvidia later, but for now my mobo is causing problems so i wanna replace it first. and the PSU is in the new siggy, 550W.

EDIT: yeah and that seller is from china or something, are u sure thatll work?

i don't mean for you to buy that exact board........

i just use ebay for reference ..you then take the mobo name & number from the link & Google it for the cheapest retail prices..

sorry i should of stated i didn't expect you to but the 2nd hand one...lol