ok guys so i finally have some money to build a new rig (YES). now so far i want the following: Lite-on dvd player with light scribe. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106265 Antec 900 gaming case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021 intel core 2 quad Q6600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017 Western Digital 500GB HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136111 EVGA 750i Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188026 Corsair XMS 2 x 1GB RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590 what i would like to know is what power supply should i buy and what graphics card out of the ones below is the best. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130377 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130317 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130388 and are the cards above better than the radeon 3850 diamond Viper?? thanks
Don't get an nforce motherboard, you'll regret it. Get this board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128344 and this graphics card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161243
Data corruption, instability, poor life expectancy, they're just generally not nice chipsets and haven't been since the nforce 6.
but i have a gigabyte right now and i dont like it at all, and no offense to you or anyone else but i like nvidia better graphics card wise.
You don't need an nforce board to run a geforce graphics card, you only need an nforce to run SLI. Out of curiosity, what don't you like about your gigabyte board? Alternate intel chipset board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131297
Gigabyte is my preferred brand. They're reliable, well priced, and stable. I agree with sammorris. Don't use an nVidia chipset. They have a very high failure rate. Intel is the best there is by far. Also, the HD4850 is your best deal. If you don't want Gigabyte, this is a good ASUS board. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131182 It's a P35 vs the P45 sam showed. But they're nearly the same thing. It's a bit cheaper too.
