buy this mobo its almost the same as the first one but it supports 125w cpus and dont need to use an ATI card for this mobo

and yes DDR 800 is 100% compatible with DDR2 1066 standards

trust me this mobo is a much better deal you wont regret it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130172

good luck and hapy gaming

[QUOTE="Collinp6"]EDIT: Ok soo what am i supposed to get? Also the first mobo supported DDR2 1066 i think, the memory he listed was DDR2 800. Are they cross compatible? SinfulPotato

I'm pretty sure that it is backwards compatible. But I would ask someone else to make 100% sure.... I know DDR2 1066 is REALLY expencive right now.

As for the motherboard, I don't think it matters. I would go for one with SLI support so you can pick up another 8800GT in the future. Or we could go with a ATI HD 3870, but like I said I don't know much about ATI cards.

[QUOTE="SinfulPotato"][QUOTE="-Socrates-"]

sin its best to stay with the mobo you listed before i have it and its great plus crossfire is so much better IMO

oh and dont get that mobo but the V2 that supports 125w cpus

-Socrates-

To take advantage of the first motherboard wouldn't we need to change to ATI? I'm kind of a nvidia fanboy, so I don't really know whats what in the ATI world... to me its just a bunch of numbers.

um no you can have a motherboard with an amd chip and still use an nvidia card

No, what I mean in the first motherboard, on is spec's sheet it says it supports crossfire, and isn't that for ATI cards?

thats if you want to have a dual card setup but dont worry you can use an 8800gt on an amd based chip

[QUOTE="-Socrates-"]

sin its best to stay with the mobo you listed before i have it and its great plus crossfire is so much better IMO

oh and dont get that mobo but the V2 that supports 125w cpus

SinfulPotato

To take advantage of the first motherboard wouldn't we need to change to ATI? I'm kind of a nvidia fanboy, so I don't really know whats what in the ATI world... to me its just a bunch of numbers.

um no you can have a motherboard with an amd chip and still use an nvidia card

sin its best to stay with the mobo you listed before i have it and its great plus crossfire is so much better IMO

oh and dont get that mobo but the V2 that supports 125w cpus

also this is post that should end this thread already

cpu - Q9450 (you have the money for it so buy it)

mobo - DFI LP DX X48

gpu - 8800gts 512mb

ram - crucial ballistix ddr2 800 (2X2GB)

psu - corsair vx550w or corsair tx650w psu (some sites have this psu for as low as the vx550w psu)

case - cooler master centurion RC590

HDD - your choice just saty at or above 7200RPM

dvd/cd drive bay/burner

OS - windows vista home premium 64bit

now the Q9450 is better then the Q6600 and will last longer the difference might not be much but will be for certain applications and if you have the money buy it right ?

as for the video card the 8800gts 512mb is a great card make sure you buy the G92 version cuz there are two other crds but there based on the G80 core

the 4 gigs of ram will help with vista seeing as how recommened is 2 gigs so 4 gigs will rmake it much smoother maybe not for games but for running the pc yes

the x48 board is a great overclocker and is crossfire capable which is a good thing becuase by summer they will be relaseing the 4800 sereis cards by ATI so if you want to trade the 8800gts for high end cards go for it

the psu is good enough and will be good enough if you choose to crossfire cuz the 4800 series cards are meant to be less power hungry and power effecient.

good luck and happy gaming :)

what was your favorite power up in any pc game

mine would have to be the quad damage in quake 3 really got my blood flowing

well i have catalsyt 8.3 drivers and i want to get 8.4 iv only done it once but not to sure

can someone give me a brief how to and what are some programs to delete the left over files (thats free)