Well, as far as the mobo goes it will be the Epox 9PNA+ that Anand reviewed...
As far as the proc goes, I need some help with that. I am leaning toward a Venice core 3000+. Oddly, the retail is cheaper than the OEM at Newegg. I want to overclock so suggestions would be appreciated as far as the HS/F is concerned. I am tempted to get the CoolerMaster AquaGate Mini R120, but if the stock HS/F is decent I'll use that for now and wait on the water cooling.
Memory: Right now I have 1 gig (2x512) of Corsair XMS Series PC 3200 that has been working beautifully and I would REALLY like to keep them and not have to buy new memory! Any issues with this memory while overclocking this setup?
Video card: I'm really only interested in a mid range card. I'm not a gamer so I don't need killer graphics power. I'm more of a multimedia fiend. DVD, music, etc. I'm kindo of looking at the ATI x600 but would like opinions on a good Nvidia card... (6600GT?). And it will be PCI Express of course...
Anyway, thanks for any help you can give!
As far as the proc goes, I need some help with that. I am leaning toward a Venice core 3000+. Oddly, the retail is cheaper than the OEM at Newegg. I want to overclock so suggestions would be appreciated as far as the HS/F is concerned. I am tempted to get the CoolerMaster AquaGate Mini R120, but if the stock HS/F is decent I'll use that for now and wait on the water cooling.
Memory: Right now I have 1 gig (2x512) of Corsair XMS Series PC 3200 that has been working beautifully and I would REALLY like to keep them and not have to buy new memory! Any issues with this memory while overclocking this setup?
Video card: I'm really only interested in a mid range card. I'm not a gamer so I don't need killer graphics power. I'm more of a multimedia fiend. DVD, music, etc. I'm kindo of looking at the ATI x600 but would like opinions on a good Nvidia card... (6600GT?). And it will be PCI Express of course...
Anyway, thanks for any help you can give!