UPGRADING MOTHERBOARD: Not cheap but not too pricy

[liambiscuit]

I wish to keep as much of my computer hardware as possible, but I do NOT want to replace the RAM or the CPU. I took the "summary" from Everest:

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Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name L-0A99CE1F641F4
User Name Owner

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Celeron, 2800 MHz (28 x 100)
Motherboard Name Intel Brownsville D845GBV / Brownsville 2 D845GEBV2 / Rexburg D845GRG / Rexburg 2 D845GERG2
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale-G i845GEV
System Memory 1270 MB  (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (07/23/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller  (64 MB)
3D Accelerator Intel Extreme Graphics
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]  (141817116)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Intel 82801DB ICH4 - AC'97 Audio Controller [B-0]

Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB
Disk Drive Maxtor 2F040L0  (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive WD 2500BEV External USB Device  (232 GB, USB)
Disk Drive Sony PSP USB Device  (235 MB, USB)
Optical Drive LITE-ON COMBO LTC-48161H  (DVD:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
E: (NTFS) 37550 MB (3456 MB free)

Input
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse Microsoft USB IntelliMouse Web

Network
Network Adapter Hamachi Network Interface - Virtual Machine Network Services Driver  (5.245.144.21)
Network Adapter Linksys Wireless-G PCI Network Adapter with SpeedBooster  (192.168.10.9)

Peripherals
Printer \\Computer\hp psc 1300 series
Printer \\Computer\Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer Auto Microsoft XPS Document Writer on COMPUTER
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller Intel 82801DB ICH4 - USB Controller [B-0]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801DB ICH4 - USB Controller [B-0]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801DB ICH4 - USB Controller [B-0]
USB2 Controller Intel 82801DB ICH4 - Enhanced USB2 Controller [B-0]
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device Microsoft USB IntelliMouse Web
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

Problems & Suggestions
Problem Disk free space is only 9% on drive E:.

I hope that is enough

Simi

P.S. I wish to be able to install a NVidia card if I please -- I have tastes for these new games which I cannot run ATM. Well... Can't run on this computer. xD

EDIT!!: I was flipping through Everest and this might come in handy:

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Field Value
CPU Properties
CPU Type Intel Celeron
CPU Alias Northwood-128
CPU Stepping D1
Engineering Sample No
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
CPUID Revision 00000F29h

CPU Speed
CPU Clock 2799.34 MHz  (original: 2800 MHz)
CPU Multiplier 28.0x
CPU FSB 99.98 MHz  (original: 100 MHz)
Memory Bus 133.30 MHz

CPU Cache
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 8 KB
L2 Cache 128 KB  (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 63-0100-000001-00101111-072303-iBRKDL_G$RG84510A_BIOS DATE: 07/23/03 09:40:38 VER: 08.00.09
Motherboard Name Intel Brownsville D845GBV / Brownsville 2 D845GEBV2 / Rexburg D845GRG / Rexburg 2 D845GERG2

Chipset Properties
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale-G i845GEV
Memory Timings 2-3-3-6  (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

SPD Memory Modules
DIMM1: Infineon 64D32300GU6C 256 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM  (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz)  (2.0-3-3-6 @ 133 MHz)
DIMM2: Micron Tech. 16VDDT12864AY335D3 1 GB PC2700 DDR SDRAM  (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz)  (2.0-3-3-6 @ 133 MHz)

BIOS Properties
System BIOS Date 07/23/03
Video BIOS Date 10/25/20
DMI BIOS Version SR84511A.15A.0014.P02.0307230940

Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter Intel 82845G/GL/GV Graphics Controller
GPU Code Name Brookdale-G  (Integrated 8086 / 2562, Rev 03)
GPU Clock 200 MHz

EDIT (again): P.S.S. what is the average cost of a Motherboard? and the cost of this one? (to compare)