thiisonecrazy

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long story short my otherboard is shot. previous mobo was
gigabyte gama790x-ud4p (4 gb generic ddr2 800 ram)

i have an amd 1090t processor (6 cores, overclock to 4 ghz previously)
video card is amd 6850 (i believe, im sure its a 6xxx series though.
going to use wd3000HLFS hard drive for my os. (have 2 so i could do raid 0)
(link for hard drives http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136322)

firstly do you suggest running the drives in raid 0 ?

now the computer is primarily used for gaming, media (720 p movie playback frequently), multitasking, video encoding, etc....

im somewhat broke at the moment but i dont want a pos mobo. (trying to keep it around $100 for the mobo under $50 for the ram.


im thinking http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128485
motherboard (must have 6 sata ports)
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128521&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=1ukfen0uu0en6
only $5 more but it has free shipping. am3 cpus should work with am3+ mobo right?



and either
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226092
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226095
ram most likely.

which do you think would be best? (or recommend other products).

also i have windows 7 32 & 64 bit. would u recommend using 1 over the other considering what i use my machine for? (also effects my ram decision)

thanks in advance