My GA-MA790X-UD4P m/b supports both AM3, AM2+, AM2 My processor is the AMD Phoenom 9850 Quad Core 2.5Ghz. The motherboard can be had in Tiger Direct for less than $100 I believe. Pictures of my "rig" are in my profile.
Dude go With the intel core I7 there is rumors that the I5 Socket is crap...Oh and go for a HD 5870 not a GTX 260 the new 5000 series support DX11 or just wait thil march when the GT 300 Series comes out! :D
PC
-450W power suplly
-NVidia Geforce GTS 250 512MB
-AMD PHENOM QUAD CORE 2.60GHz
-2TB Disk Space
-MOTHERBOARD BIOSTAR AMD BOARD
-REALTEK HD AUDIO (KB888999)
-4GB of RAM (DRR2)
PHONE
-SAMSUNG OMNIA
-LAPTOP (2)
ASUS UNKNOWN
HP UNKNOWN
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What do you want to be when you grow up?
Working for Microsoft
What makes you laugh?
when i tease my brother how good of a PC i have! XD