hey guys ...im kinda in a rut here and need some advice ... i need a new system by tuesday, i want to order it tonight but it always seems the motherboard is hardest component to pick so a little help would be greatly apprechiated.
my system is going to be a budget system and here are the components i have picked less the mothor board
Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850 625MHZ 512MB 1.88GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out Video Card
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor LGA775 3.0GHZ Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB Retail
LG G-H20NS15 Black DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 INT SATA OEM DVD Writer
Antec Sonata III Black ATX 16IN Mid Tower Quiet Case 3X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5IN 500W 120MM Fan - comes with 500 watt antec psu
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 32MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive OEM
Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 Dual Channel Memory Kit
only going with 2 gigs for now as i will be running XP
now i have thought about the Gigabyte EP45-DS3L but have herd mixed things about it ...ppl having problems with ram voltages and slower sata/usb and the Gigabyte EP35 DS3L also sounds like a mixed bag...so im kinda lost on the whole motherboard thing...any suggestions on which one i should get? asus? gigabyte? DFI?...who knos?...lol....... looking for something that isint going to break the bank..but also be reliable and a good overclocker ...or even a avg overclocker ..i kno i cant expect too much in the pricerange i just want to kno whats my best bet ......if you have any advice that would be awesome , TIA
my system is going to be a budget system and here are the components i have picked less the mothor board
Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850 625MHZ 512MB 1.88GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out Video Card
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor LGA775 3.0GHZ Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB Retail
LG G-H20NS15 Black DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 INT SATA OEM DVD Writer
Antec Sonata III Black ATX 16IN Mid Tower Quiet Case 3X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5IN 500W 120MM Fan - comes with 500 watt antec psu
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 32MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive OEM
Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 Dual Channel Memory Kit
only going with 2 gigs for now as i will be running XP
now i have thought about the Gigabyte EP45-DS3L but have herd mixed things about it ...ppl having problems with ram voltages and slower sata/usb and the Gigabyte EP35 DS3L also sounds like a mixed bag...so im kinda lost on the whole motherboard thing...any suggestions on which one i should get? asus? gigabyte? DFI?...who knos?...lol....... looking for something that isint going to break the bank..but also be reliable and a good overclocker ...or even a avg overclocker ..i kno i cant expect too much in the pricerange i just want to kno whats my best bet ......if you have any advice that would be awesome , TIA