Thinking about buying a new motherboard

[sticknmove]

I've had this motherboard for about 4 plus years, I wonder if it is behind performance wise I do alot of video editing I haven't been keeping up on the new technologies or anything could anyone point me in the right direction?
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Motherboard:k8n neo2 Platinum Edition
Videocard: e-geforce 6800 GT
processor: AMD 3500+
soundcard: EMU 1820
DVD: Liteon
harddrive: Maxtor Diamondmax 60 gigs
memory: 1024 DDr400 kingston
Case: MasterCooler Centurion
Power Supply: ATX12v 350watts
Operating System: Windows XP home edition sp2

[cash_site]

I remember that your current motherboard was one of the better ones on the market. Unless you're going to upgrade to new chip/memory etc it might not be worth the 1% gain.

Your best bet might be to change the configuration... i.e. try using SATA2 (i think it supports it) and in RAID 0 mode. upgrade to 2GB of faster memory to overclock a little bit. Maybe a stronger PSU like 500W would add some stability too.

Hopefully this is good info :) good luck.

[phishhead]

like cash said I'd upgrade to 2 gigs of ram. You could even get an added boost by going with a raptor hard drive. I had that board and it is a rock solid board.

[FastGame]

I wonder if it is behind performance wise

Its behind but not as much as one would think....

I have that board with This CPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103582) , 2gig ram (Crucial Ballistix), WD Raptor and Nvidia 6800 Ultra. Thing is still dam fast..... I have no need for anything faster, maybe in a few more years ?

If you want to upgrade a bit try one of These dual cores (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010340343+1051707439&name=Socket+939) and some more ram.

If you want to upgrade all the way ( MB, CPU, DDRll ram, PCIe GFX ) go the Intel Core 2 Duo route.

[cash_site]

If you want to upgrade all the way ( MB, CPU, DDRll ram, PCIe GFX ) go the Intel Core 2 Duo route
I agree, even the base E6320 is blazing! I'm still saving for it ;)

[sticknmove]

Thanks alot I think I bought a sata hard drive and will buy some memory