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Installing a motherboard is a piece of cake. But if you currently have a tower from gateway, dell, etc... then putting a new motherboard in that case will probably not happen. Most of the connectors from the case to the motherboard are all one connector, you will need each connector as an individual as some motherboards have pins in different spots. It looks like you are building a new PC. All newer platforms use DDR2, so you won't be able to use DDR2 with your current setup, and you can't use your current DDR1 with your new setup. You will also need a new motherboard for that new dual core processor. You can probably get a power supply now, as long as it's a 20+4 pin power supply. Your motherboard most likely uses a 20-pin connector to power it, newer motherboards use a 24 pin connector, but you can take off the last 4 connectors on a 20+4 pin power supply to run a 20 pin motherboard. Your video card is an AGP card and won't be compatible with a new board. So your pretty much going to have to buy everything at the same time to be able to use it. AMD or Intel, it's your choice. I never had any problems with AMD, so I always stuck with them. Also you don't need a really fast processor for gaming. You just want a good amount of ram (2GB preferred) and a decent video card. What games are you looking to run and what is your budget?
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