can i play games? Read* for my spec

[recoder]

who sells these things this time and age anyway??

Some fools at EBAY may sell an old aged hardware .

[Nexxxus]

wanna kidding me? don't buy that old crap, you won't have much fun with that.
Save your money for a decent system that can play most games at reasonable speed.

[kenneth1800]

ok i found this board

cpu's
LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors
- Compatible with all FSB1600*/1333/1066/800MHz CPUs
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T CPU

RAM
- Dual Channel DDR3/DDR2 memory technology*
- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity: 4GB**
- 4 x DDR2 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR2 1066/800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity: 16GB**
DDR3 and DDR2 are supported separately.

**Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP and Windows® Vista™. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® Vista™ 64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

video card slots
- Supports ATI™ CrossFire™
- 2 x PCI-E x16 slots (white @ x16 mode, purple @ x4 mode)
- 3 x PCI slots

and 6 sata

should i get this motherboard?

[Bositman]

If it costs like 50$ since the LGA775 socket is long dead these days

[kenneth1800]

47.98$ shipped should i? i see those spec good...

mobo name
ASRock 4Core

[Livy]

If you are short of cash then get it. A Core 2 Duo on this mobo should be able to runs most games fine, although the Core 2 brand was discontinued late 2010, as Bositman said. It is recommeded to get a Sandy Bridge processor and a supported mobo instead, even a Pentium, if you can affort to.

[kenneth1800]

ok ill buy it and about sandy bridge i cant affort that cpu now (140$ and up?) (when i get a job i will) but for nowim staying whit this one...

[Rezard]

You should just link what you found, or mention the mobo's specific model.
Then all the info could be viewed (via Google).
(EDIT: I find this when searching "ASRock 4core". Can't be right.)

If going with a Core 2 processor, just make sure you're gonna be taking OCing it seriously (i.e. aftermarket cooler). If not, you may be better off with a lower clocked Sandy Bridge based processor, which will be on a board that could support some of the better processors out now as a simple and cheaper future upgrade. Not to mention that Intel's next processors (Ivy Bridge) would work in that mobo.

Simply put: A Sandy Bridge based CPU @ 3.0Ghz (G860 for $99) is a close equivalent of older Core 2 and Phenom II processors at around the height of there highest overclocks. This, again, without the need for extra cooling (save $$$$).

[Livy]

I've surfed several local stores in my city and found that the old Core 2 Duo is even more expensive than the new Sandy Bridge Pentium G. A Core 2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93 Ghz costs $130 while a Pentium G840 @ 2.8 Ghz costs $90. WTF? Are they mad? Or they're expecting some noobs go buy those Core 2 CPUs at that price ?

You should consider the Pentium G840 if it is cheaper than the C2D in your region, kenneth1800. Besides, the integrated Intel HD 3000 will save you $100 from a entry level graphic card if you take the Sandy Bridge instead of the C2D.

[Speedy42]

Damn.
I had a chance of getting my hand on one of those then I stopped don't know why and got the one m using now :X

On-Topic:
The Pentium G840 is the "best" choice for you.Heck I believe it would beat my Pentium DualCore rightnow in performance.
Also if you want you could buy an Nvidia graphic card from the Geforce9xxx series.