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Old Mar 1, 2007, 12:42 PM   #1
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System Specs

Decisions,decisions....

K, I'm planning for a new system, and am still unsure of what MB to get.

So far:
Case: Coolermaster Centurian 5
PSU: Corsair 620HX
CPU: Athlon64 X2 4800+ Brisbane
RAM: Corsair XMS2 2GB (TWIN2x2048-6400)
GPU: Sapphire X1950XT 256MB (provisional, may go with something cheaper until the DX10 cards are released)

Now for the MB I'm looking at the Asrock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 (Radeon Xpress 1600) and the ABIT KN9S (nForce 550) or KN9 Ultra (nForce 570)

Now I don't 'plan' on OCing, but since I will be water cooling, it wouldn't hurt to have a MB that is capable of moderate OCing

Would some of you kind folks give your thoughts on the various MB's mentioned? I've read a lot of reviews on them, but it's hard to tell just how 'objective' the reviewers are at times. So I figure that getting feedback from users/enthusiests might be a better way to go, as it easier to seperate the considered opinions from the fanboi opinions.

PLease note, any advice to go with an Intel CPU and/or Nvidia GPU will result in a thread in the FWZ questioning your Ancestry, Intelligence, and Sexual proclivities
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