Budget PC Build, first time - Need Advice

[KarmaKiller]

Well Gigabyte has been around longer. But Biostar has had some VERY good boards lately. They had a OC WR for a good while on a P45 board they had. I wouldn't have any second doubts about that.
But Gigabyte is one of the more durable boards out on the market. Really either board would be great.

[Atomic Rooster]

I played around with your list a little bit:

AMD Phenom II X4 940 - GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AMD 790X Combo

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066

XFX HD-487A-YHFC Radeon HD 4870 512MB

Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS 500GB

LG Black 22X DVD+R

COOLER MASTER Elite RC-310-BWN1-GP ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500W

Total - $635.92

[Wolfegang16]

I have the exact combo with the processor and Mobo that rich linked.. The biostar board is great. Overclocks well also i love it and have had no problems.

[Trayus]

Ok, with all of your help, I think I have the build that I'm going to go with. It actually only costs $714.41 which includes my wireless adapter, but also comes with $70 in MIR.

The only real difference in builds is that I went with the BIOSTAR mobo, the OCZ PSU/Cooler Master case and the faster HD. I'm going to order the parts tomorrow morning and hopefully I'll be able to put everything together without much trouble. Oh and I'll have to burn a Windows 7 dvd sometime this week.

Thank you all for the help and defintely come back when I run into problems, which I'm sure I will.

[KarmaKiller]

Come back and post pics and the "happy ending"
We like to see stuff like that.

[Theophylact]

For the next week or so you can buy (preorder for October 22) the upgrade version of Windows 7 ($50 for Home Premium, $100 for Professional). Valid with any version of Win 2000 or XP and up. That's half the price it'll be in October, and cheaper than an OEM version, if you have a legal copy of XP.