What are the 3 best good brand motherboards?

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PC Chips is definitely not one of them. :) Let me toss out these to get things going: Gigabyte, Asus, MSI or DFI (in no particular order). This not to say that any other boards won't work well or that these won't have flaws but, generally, these are good.
 
Eww, Pc Chips?!?!? You would be putting a Ferarri engine in a Yugo body! Take a gander at THIS mobo, it is much better and doesn't break the bank.
 
Except for the Seagate SATA 250 GB HDD, nothing you have chosen is first class, or the best choice for a budget computer. Suggest you do more reading and get back to us.
One approach is to look at the Motherboard CPU combos at various sites. Put some money into a good power supply and memory modules... compromise where you can afford to do updates later.
 
Mostly P965 chipset motherboard from MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte or DFI are quite good. Another good chipset is Nvidia's 680i and 650i.
 
For the rig you are putting together, THIS power supply should be more than enough. FSP is a very good brand. Of the 2 cases you listed I would go with the Coolermaster.
 
Hi Jacal.
Ok, my opinion:
stick with intel, the AMD 3600+ are slllooooowwww.
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115005
Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128042
Memory (x2 sticks of these)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145037
Your PSU is waayyyy overkill on power AND price. nickslick74 gave you a good alternative.
Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152025
I've built about 6 rigs with these, they are super silent and very fast, superb drives. Seagates are noisy!

GPU - good choice on the 7900gs, good price for good cards.

The mobo and cpu are well know great bundles for stability and overclocking for the future.
The ram is also chosen for the correct speed of the mobo.
 
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