Dreaming a bit. Building a system. Feedback please

[iTnkD4iAm]

Good morning, everyone (=

I'm dreaming a bit and pretending I could actually buy a new system (= This time an AMD and will be my first AMD system too. So I've been doing a little research and hopefully my base components will be composed of the following:

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
ASUS A8V Deluxe Rev 2
2 x 512MB DDR400 Ultra-X Series Geil (Single)
or
2 x 512MB DDR400 PQI
Inno3D GeForce 6800 Ultra

My main concern is stability and I don't overclock, so if anyone knows of any outstanding issues with the combination of those components/brands or if anyone have any tips/comments on how what else I should look out for, I'm all ears (=


Thank you.

 

[Spitfire_x86]

Get a nForce3 Ultra based mobo, like MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum

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[iTnkD4iAm]

Thanks for the feedback (= Any particular reason why I should choose the MSI K8N Neo2 Plat over the ASUS A8V Deluxe Rev 2?

 

[Crashman]

Better chipset.

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[iTnkD4iAm]

In what way is the nForce3 ultra chipset better than the VIA K8T800Pro?

 

[Crashman]

more features, better RAM compatability, better driver history.

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[iTnkD4iAm]

k. thanks, Crashman (= I guess I need to do some more research