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I went ahead and ordered the Leadtek with my system. They seem to be a fairly good brand from ther responses here and other forums. Thanks for your opinions. :) If it ends up sucking I'll RMA it for an eVGA when they became available. ;)

Just called outpost.com, they said 1-2 week wait. Apparenlty BestBuy sells 'em too so I'll try there as well. It comes with FarCry, so even the $300 price tag at BB would be worth it, as I could care less about any of the games that come with Leadtek. $280 + $30 for FC = $310, so it's all good.

Anyone else want to comment on the BFG? Should I get that instead if it's in stock? BTW if it's not in stock, and I feel the need later on, will the Leadtek overclock good? I'm assuming if the BFG isn't in stock it probably won't be for a while, especially since newegg doesn't even have it...

I was going to purchase my system this evening on newegg, and just realized that the eVGA Geforce 6800 128mb video card was sold out. http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=14-130-202&depa=0 I was wondering if brand mattered at all? Because there's a Leadtek that's available for the same...

Thanks for the info. I won't be moving mine around, so weight isn't an issue.

I'll be using Wi2k Pro (which I'm using now w/ 256mb of RAM and this system ran Counter-Strike, Warcraft3, etc fine.. time for an upgrade though). I'll go ahead with the Corsair Value Select 512MB DDR PC3200, unless for some reason it doesn't agree with the Asus K8N motherboard. Shouldn't be a...

If someone is on a budget, would you recommend the Asus K8N (non-deluxe)?

Interesting. I plan on getting an Athlon 64 3000+ w/ Asus K8N motherboard (no, NOT deluxe). Right now I have Corsair Value Select in my shopping cart, but it's not listed in the motherboard manual as tested RAM. The more expensive Corsair XMS Extreme however, is ($35 difference, which is quite a...

I've been told several times, that even though I'm building a budget system, I shouldn't cheap out on the RAM and PSU, because those are what cause crashes the most. Not a problem, makes sense - don't cheap out! The problem here is I don't know anything about RAM. I know 3200 is better than...

Building a computer on a budget, and every penny counts at this point (I'm over, so I need to cut costs somewhere!). I originally had a Praetorian picked out with an Antec 430W Tru430 PSU (case - $99, PSU - $75). However, budget comes into play. So I looked around and found a nice Antec case...

I believe this specific board has a problem using two different types of ram at the same time.

I realize that your first reaction is going to be "great, another intel vs amd thread." That isn't directly my intention. I've found plenty of threads relating to performance, but found none relating to stability (specifically mobos). So if my concerns below were covered already, I apologize...

I have no plams to overclock. :) Too many problems seem to be associated with it, regardless of mobo. But thanks for the info!

Hi there. Is this thread dead or are people still posting? :) I was considering this board, but I've been reading this thread and there seems to be some problem with getting RAM to work properly? Can anyone tell me what that's about? Mostly I just want to make sure my system will work without...

Hmm.. I was considering the possibility of cases that don't have PSU provided, and buying a Antec True430W seperately. I heard Lian Li was good? Any other brands? For starters I was eyeballing this: http://www.newegg.com/app/view...amp;manufactory=BROWSE Lian Li Silver Mid-Tower Case, Model...