Hmm. Any of the P45 chipset boards you have there would be good. The $120 one is alright. Frankly, these days, I've found that the motherboards don't make that much of a difference and you really only buy the ones that have all the features you want.

Go for the cheapest one there. It has 1600/1333 FSB, so your e8400 will fit in nicely there, 1066 RAM, so your RAM will be mega awesome and enough slots for all your shit.

DON'T go for that one if you want to SLI or Crossfire though. You only have one slot for your graphics card- which is fine, really. I only use one video card and I love my PC.

 

I only have the one video card right now so I should be fine. Thanks for the help.

 

Of course I did. I'm just awesome.

 

Oz is just really slow. Typing with fat fingers, you know?

(<3 Oz babby)

 

Current Laptop:
Dell Studio 1735
Intel Core2 Duo T9300 2.5gHz
4GB DDR2 667Mhz RAM
ATI Radeon Mobility 3650 256mb
17" 1920x1200 LCD w/ TrueLife
Backlit Keyboard /w numpad
2x 200gb 7200rpm HDD
Blu-Ray Drive
ExpressCard 54
Fingerprint Reader
TV Card
6 Cell + 9 Cell Batteries
Bluetooth
Wireless N
Gigabit Ethernet
Firewire 4pin
4 x USB
eSATA
HDMI
VGA

Future PC:

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Motherboard $389.00
Samsung 2233SW 21.5in Widescreen LCD Monitor $249.00
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB WD1001FALS $149.00
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB WD1001FALS $149.00
Antec 4U22 ATX Rackmount Case $215.00
Visidec Focus Direct Wall Mount $55.00
Scythe Shuriken Low Profile CPU Cooler (Rev. B) $65.00
PowerColor Radeon HD4890 PCS+ $345.00
OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD $612.00
Logitech MX518 Optical Gaming Mouse $39.00
Intel Core i7 920 $425.00
OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum 6x2GB OCZ3P1600LV12GS $378.00
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard $99.00
Thermaltake Toughpower QFan 750W $229.00
Noctua NF-S12B FLX 120mm Fan $29.00
Noctua NF-R8 80mm Fan $22.00
Noctua NF-B9 92mm Fan $23.00
Pioneer BDC-S02 Blu-ray Reader $189.00

Sub-Total: $3,683.00 + $62 Shipping

Rackmounted beast for audio recording/mixing. Added in a nice video card jsut to satisfy my gaming needs.

 

I've got the 750i and have no issues with it, the EVGA brand though. Overclocks well, nice BIOS. Have to hit a review site for the others

 

Ended up purchasing this build:

1 Noctua NF-B9 92mm Fan $23.00
1 Pioneer BDC-S02 Blu-ray Reader $189.00
1 Lian Li PC-C32 Black $195.00
1 Cat6 Network Cable 30m $26.50
2 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB WD1001FALS $298.00
1 Scythe Shuriken Low Profile CPU Cooler (Rev. B) $65.00
1 Thermaltake Toughpower QFan 750W $229.00
1 Logitech Illuminated Keyboard $99.00
1 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Motherboard $389.00
1 Logitech MX518 Gaming Grade Optical Mouse $39.00
1 Intel Core i7 920 $425.00
1 CoolerMaster Silent 140mm Fan $19.00
1 OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum 6x2GB OCZ3P1600LV12GS $379.01
1 BenQ G2412HD 24in Widescreen LCD Monitor $279.00
2 Noctua NF-S12B FLX 120mm Fan $58.00
1 PowerColor Radeon HD4890 PCS+ $325.00
1 3.5 Noise Isolator $29.00
1 G.Skill Falcon 128GB SSD $429.00
1 2.5in to 3.5in HDD Frame $9.00

$3,584.47
Total: AUD

 

Fry's Electronics over here were selling the 1TB HDD for $29.99 :O

 

We here in Australia pay ridiculous premiums for computer hardware. Add an extra 30% on wholesale prices due to shipping, import duty and tax and we really get raped. Our RRP's are like 40% higher than other countries rrp's after conversion. Fucking sucks to live in an isolated part of the world.

 

Add in whatever ridiculous Markup the company adds on too

 

You ever thought about asking someone to price out the shit for you and shipping it over? Would that save any cash on a person shipping over a few things at a time, versus the gigantic markup your retailers are doing?

 

Would still have to pay 10% tax and 5% import duty plus shipping which is very expensive for heavy items so it becomes a small saving but the lack of a warranty makes the purchase not worth it.

 

Ah, true, didn't think about the warranty.

 

http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c302/RMurton/New PC/

There's the photo album containing the pics I took of the new PC.

 

I really like the look of your new case. How easy was it to put together?

 

Most difficult build I have ever done. Took me a very long time. Hard drives alone took a long time due to special mounting system. Got home at 5pm and finished the build at midnight. Very tedious and the cable management is terrible. Turned out well though.

 

Basically put a new computer together, only used the old hard drive, disc drive and old case fan.

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor (overclocked to 3.27 GHz)

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler

Thermaltake Black Widow SopranoRS 101, has a clear side so you can see the insides. has places for four different fans, using two case fans keeps it at 35-38 degrees.

Antec 500 watt power supply

 

Processor:
Intel Pentium E2220 @2.20 GHz. Socket 775 LGA

Motherboard:
BIOSTAR Group P4M900-M7 FE

RAM:
2 gigs of DDR2 RAM

Graphics Card:
VIA Chromo9 HC IGP Family

Price range is around $150 or so, possibly a bit more.

 

Might as well post my specs since they're not really that embarrassing any more.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 @ 2.60GHz 2.60GHz
RAM: 3 gigs of DDR2 RAM
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon x1650 series
OS: Windows 7