dragoon38900
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ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - 94.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131022
Vs.
MSI K9N Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - 108.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130049
Which would be the better buy for this setup?:
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor - Retail - $154.50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735
RAM - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail - $161.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231084
Video Card - eVGA 256-P2-N583-AR Geforce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $269.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130032
Hardrive - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701
Case - Xoxide X-Static 2 Case - Silver - $29.99
http://www.xoxide.com/x-static-2-silver.html
PSU - COOLMAX CP-500T EPS12V 500W Active PFC Power Supply 100 - 240V - Retail - $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817159040
In the Asus board, it says max ram voltage is 1.95V, should I be worrying about that? And, theres no IEEE 1394 ports... anyways, which would be better to get in terms of reliability, performance, upgradablity, etc?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131022
Vs.
MSI K9N Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - 108.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130049
Which would be the better buy for this setup?:
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor - Retail - $154.50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735
RAM - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail - $161.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231084
Video Card - eVGA 256-P2-N583-AR Geforce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $269.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130032
Hardrive - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701
Case - Xoxide X-Static 2 Case - Silver - $29.99
http://www.xoxide.com/x-static-2-silver.html
PSU - COOLMAX CP-500T EPS12V 500W Active PFC Power Supply 100 - 240V - Retail - $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817159040
In the Asus board, it says max ram voltage is 1.95V, should I be worrying about that? And, theres no IEEE 1394 ports... anyways, which would be better to get in terms of reliability, performance, upgradablity, etc?