I am thinking of building a rig with this mobo. I do not need SLI, though I might get the SLI verson of this board depending on my needs. I am planning it to be used as a moderate gaming rig, moderate as in I will play Farcry, BF2, Quake IV, perhapes FEAR, and other games when I have the time. It's big function is going to be used as a PVR. I am going to get SAGE TV bundled with a hauppage 150 tuner. I all ready have a case and speakers. Just wondering if the 9NPA ultra will work for my purposes, trying to get a rig at aroun $1500-1700

CPU: x2 3800
GPU: eVGA 7800
Seagate or Western Digital 200 or 250 G HDD
RAM: Corsair, Kingston, Crucial Value RAM
Nec DVD Burner
Lite-On CD/DVD ROM

Will the 9NPA be up to the task?

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