Linux Journal: A Motherboard Upgrade HOWTO Apr 4, 2005, 13 :00 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (4581 reads) (Other stories by Colin McGregor)
"When considering a motherboard upgrade, the first question to ask is if the upgrade makes financial sense. If you made a list of what goes into a local dealer's white box PC clone and then priced out what those component parts cost on their own, you usually would discover that the individual parts cost significantly more that the clone PC. If your PC has a lot of issues that need to be addressed and you aren't happy with much in your current PC, you may be better off buying a basic PC clone. Then, you simply could move the parts you consider to be of value over to the new system..."
