Starting a New Build - Criticism Wanted

Charr

Charr

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I built a pretty cheap system 5 or so months ago, and decided to stick with old parts I had, because well, I couldn't afford a complete rebuild. I kept my old DDR2 RAM, which obviously meant I bought a DDR2 mobo. Thanks to the people who helped me in my other post I think I've figured out which GPU to get. Its time for me to upgrade to DDR3, and like before, I can't really afford a total rebuild but this time I'll do it better, so this is what I'm keeping / replacing:

Keeping:
AMD Athlon II X2 245 Processor 2.90Ghz
My case (Medium size case, no reason to replace it at this time, everything fits in it fine)
My hard drives

Replacing:
Motherboard
RAM
Video Card
PSU

My current ideas:
Mobo
PSU
GPU
RAM

I'd really appreciate some criticism if you think there's a better piece. I'd like this build to be pretty upgradable in the future. I don't want to get a PSU that I'll have to replace next time I upgrade. I am thinking about replacing my processor as well soon, but not right now.
 
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joh06937 said:
i'd go with this motherboard.

the motherboard you posted and the one i posted are both dual channel (ram) so go with this set.

much better psu.
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I added all of those to my cart, they're good picks. The only thing I would like to change is the RAM, I would like to stick to corsair. Fanboy or not, I've just had really good experiences with corsair.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145296

Would that cause any issues with the mobo you recommended?
 
There's nothing wrong with the higher end ASRock boards, its the lowend ones you want to avoid. but its your choice i guess. Also the gigabyte one is 870g chipset while the asrock uses 890gx, which probably affects the amount of pci-e lanes you get (affects crossfire/sli)

You want dual channel memory for a dual channel board. that means 2 sticks/4gb

I agree with joh, get the XFX powersupply.

And good choice on graphics card :)
 
linkin said:
There's nothing wrong with the higher end ASRock boards, its the lowend ones you want to avoid. but its your choice i guess. Also the gigabyte one is 870g chipset while the asrock uses 890gx, which probably affects the amount of pci-e lanes you get (affects crossfire/sli)

You want dual channel memory for a dual channel board. that means 2 sticks/4gb

I agree with joh, get the XFX powersupply.

And good choice on graphics card :)
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can't do sli on that board so that point is moot.
 
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