Consider this..

[Merlin]

Ok so here is my wish list for the upcoming upgrade.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6813128090
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6819103243
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6814102726
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6820145098
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6811999151

My budget is pretty much set at 300. I already have the PSU ( see sig) and the Micro ATX case which I need the two 120mm fans for.

My main question is that I currently have an eVGA 7600GT PCI-E video card but it wont run DX10. Would it be better to keep my current card and go with a X2 5000 black edition CPU along with XMS series Ram along with my current video card or go with what I have linked above and upgrade the Ram and CPU to higher end stuff later??

[Apoptosis]

great board... just finishing up my review on it ;)

If you plan on keeping the board for a bit you might what to go with a BE-2400 processor... so much cooler and over a couple years it will save you the price difference on your electric bill. You planning on gaming? For DVD playback and/or HD DVD & Blu-Ray playback the 780G and CPU can handle it stutter free.

[Merlin]

I am planning to run the board until I max it out. By maxing out I mean having the fastest processor, memory and video it will support. I plan on playing Call of Duty 4 and other games along those lines.

If you didn't have a top of the line Video card for your review maybe I'll try to match your test rig for the review.......

[Merlin]

no one has a recomendation on my main question above?

[tekgek]

My suggestion to you is to splurge a little bit and get one of the new geforce 9600 cards. They are below 200 dollars, and they are supposed to be quite good. However, I am biased towards nvidia. They make such good cards... .Although, I think that the rest of your components are very good for your price range. Good luck on your upgrade. From What I hear, you are going to love Call of Duty 4.

Tekgek

[stopthekilling77]

i'd say wait. look at how far behind any of the other cards in the 8xxx series the 8600's are. give it a bit of time and wait for that sick graphic card i know you want

[Merlin]

So , stopthekilling , you would say spend the extra right now on a better CPU and or Ram and do a seperate Video card upgrade later?? like maybe the 3850 or so?? The 780 chipset begs to be paired with an ATI card but would I be better off with a 8800GTS....in time?

[stopthekilling77]

in all honesty i'd wait for Apoptosis to publish his article on that motherboard before doing anything, but yes i'd go with what he suggested about the BE CPU

[stev]

great board... just finishing up my review on it ;)

If you plan on keeping the board for a bit you might what to go with a BE-2400 processor... so much cooler and over a couple years it will save you the price difference on your electric bill. You planning on gaming? For DVD playback and/or HD DVD & Blu-Ray playback the 780G and CPU can handle it stutter free.

Nate,

AWESOME! I'll just have enough patience to read your review before making a jump to this MOBO!!! After reading a few digs on the INQ about it and the FULL Radeon HD 3200 on board, I've fallen love with it so much.

Why add a video card to this setup when the FIRST full blown integrated graphics is there vs. the typical skimpy integrated graphics. A person can upgrade later at a better price break for a video card.

This isn't your AVERAGE MOBO by any means! http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/ ... phics-game

If you can toss in a few F@H WU's in the review I'll be ever so happy.

As for the CPU, there are +/- about the BE-2400. Some say it's locked and can't OC. I'll wait for the review to honestly state how things turn out.

I'll be looking so much forward to your review.

Stev