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Originally Posted by Pinoy
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Hey Pinoy, looking over the list, I'd strongly recommend you upping your Motherboard to include PCIE 16x 2.0. The Bandwidth gains are higher (roughly 35-40% depending on the card) and it will give it a little more lasting power. I've built a system using the MSI P45 board [Edit: the second board]:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130185
Only handicap on this board, to get to the 1066 FSB for the processor and chip the board would OC itself. It is safe, and is done often, but I know this sometimes makes people not want to bother, they prefer 1:1 settings.
So I found this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130181
$5 more than my first suggestion and about $15 more than yours after rebate. Nice board with 1066 stock and PCIE 16x v2.0.
I recommend this since I noticed the card you picked is PCIE 16x V2.0.
Everything else looks solid, but I'd recommend upping the RAM to 1066 stock. The 800's you picked will have to either be OC'ed to match your FSB of the CPU (1066) or stay stock with a ratio (probably 3:2) It is best to get a 1:1 ratio. If you have no intentions of OCing than 1066 RAM is what I'd recommend.
here are two good ones, since you first picked Mushkin here is a Mushkin kit, a bit more than your set about $10 after rebate:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146785
Only downside is volts are tad high (2.1v ouch) and CAS is up there. But like I said, if you aren't OCing this shouldn't be an issue.
Here is some RAM I have running in my girlfriend's rig:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227289
Same comments as above, but I know they are solid (no issues yet, almost a year running, but she has the 800 flavor.) Only complaint I have is their slick design includes gothic like spikes that can hurt your thumb as your press them. Leave them for last if you buy them I cut my knuckle on them haha.
[EDIT: Nevermind, looking closer at the images, they got rid of the gothic spikes. Must have been tons of complains or the spikes are exclusive to the 800 version ahah. These seem rounded, which is a plus. Corsair Dominator RAM has a similar spike pattern, not sure how spikes make things cooler better)
Again, everything else seems solid. I'm actually surprised that case went back to $60. I remember it being at $30 (after rebates) for the longest time. I was thinking about buying it as a back up case (looks slick, I've seen it in person, really like the design, good build quality too.)
PSU is great, single Rail with 35Amps on the +12v. Perfect.