MSI Motherboard

[123456789]

ok im building a computer and i wanted to know how good an MSI K9N SLI Platinum Socket AM2 Nvidia nForce 570SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard is for gaming.

-Thanks for your time

 

[Praetor]

It's good enough and probably the best perfomer/price chipset board for its class. You're gonna be more GPU bound than CPU bound so it depends on the video config you plan to have.

 

[123456789]

I am planning on getting an NVidia GeForce7900GT but i dont know what manufacturer i should get, it has manufacturers such as Biostar, PNY, eVGA etc.

 

[holyjunk]

Personally I would go with eVga. But those others are decent brands too.

 

[123456789]

So it doesnt matter what brand i get?

 

[ceewi1]

Not enormously. Warranties, clock speeds, heatsink design and bundled extras will vary a little, but nothing worth paying much of a premium for.

Personally i'd look at the eVGA cards due to the low price and great warranty. This, for example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130032