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Old July 4th, 2009, 02:09 AM     #11 (permalink)
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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.
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Old July 4th, 2009, 02:20 AM     #12 (permalink)
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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

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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.
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Old July 4th, 2009, 02:57 AM     #14 (permalink)
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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.
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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.
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