My first self-built PC (opinions and suggestions wanted)

Any suggestions for a mobo since the one I wanted is out of stock? has to be socket 939 and AMDX2 compatible as well as compatible with the above parts?
Thanks,

Here are a couple:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131517
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136152

i noticed that you were going to buy an SLI board. was this just coincidence or did you plan on going SLI in the future?

If you have no intention of going SLI, then I could suggest the board I have now. The Abit KN8-Ultra. it's good quality and only $88. it is also available in an SLI version for a little bit more if you need it. I'm not saying that they are the absolute best, but Abit is my personal favorite brand (this is the 3rd Abit I have owned and I have never had a problem with any of them, as opposed to my 2 defective Asus mobos)

cheers :wave:

I was planning on going SLI until I heard about the DX10 cards. I'll wait till later to get two cards.

yeah, it is frustrating to know that an expensive video card purchased today will not support the new DX10 games coming out soon I too am planning on waiting for DX10 to buy a video card upgrade, but I probably won't. playing games on an x550 is very painful and I don't know how much more I can take :haha:

Like I said, I really like my Abit KN8-Ultra. the Abit KN8-SLI is pretty much the same thing but with two PCI-E x16 slots and the nForce4-SLI chipset. The AN8-SLI is abit's higher end board (I don't know what it has or does that the KN8-SLI doesn't, but it must do something better )

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I went to my local Computer shop and they had this 600W power supply that I really liked and I wanna see if I can find it else where for cheaper. I can't remember what it was called or who made it, so I'll try to describe it.

With this PSU, instead of having unused cables wasting room in your machine you could take them off the PSU. The cables were already sleaved, and it looked really efficent. If no one knows what I'm talking about, it's no big deal I'll just end up paying a bit more on my PSU then I wanted to.

I believe you are referring to modular cable management. There are a lot of PSU makers offering this, and it is a good thing. I have a PSU with modular cables myself and love it.

But be warned, there are also some very bad PSU makers who use modular cable management. Don't skimp on your PSU. Get yourself one from a reliable maker, you won't regret it.

Here's mind by the way:
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=28550

Will this board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540
work with this Processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103547
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I was about to buy everything when I noticed the compatible cpu types on the board did not include X2...
does any one have a good SLI Video card recommendation? I don't think I'll be waiting for DX10 since HALO2 will be vista only...

it doesn't mention X2 on the overview page, but on the A8N-SLI specification page it states:

I too was planning to wait for DX10 myself, but I couldn't deal with the crappy x550 any longer. so I bought a 7600GT yesterday to hold me over until Halo2PC comes out... hehe :giddy:

What's your budget for your video card?

BTW, have you decided on a PSU yet?

cheers :wave:

The PSU I'm getting is the XConnect 2. I'm looking to spend around $150 + or - $20 would be fine though. But what I need to know is whether that Premium Board is X2 compatible or should I get the delux which is on sale now?