G-Byte

Naaa N2. These mobos and cpus were made for overclocking and then there is the fact that how would amd/asus "know" who you are.

My 1st build was a P1 75 in 2001 (I made sure to stay away from the P60) then all the rest were AMD. 1st a xp2200, 2nd skt939 a64 3200 and now onwards to an am2. Between my own builds I have done a dozen or so over the past year and 1/2 for others all were am2s. I knew some of them were not need'd for power but were actually cheaper then a skt754 would have been and whenever, 4-5 years, they can upgrade (if you can find am2's easily then.

For me I chose the m2n32-sli for the Phenom option whenever I need it so other than better ram or more drives I am good to go for a year or so. I really have been looking at them Seagate 1T, I can get one for $138 CAN here and then it would allow me to sell my 400 & 500 sata 2's and I'll keep the fast 160 I got for my boot drive. But whatever I need will have to wait for a few months. I have been a loyal ATI buyer for most of the time but cause of costs and availability I went with a nforce mobo this time. Now come tomorrow I get the xxx32 mobo and a nice evga 9600gt...can't wait...should check my bank now.

I gotta move by the end of October and finally into my own place again after renting out bedrooms from various friends over the past 4 year. It is going to be so cool having my bedroom and entertainment (pc/tv) area in different rooms

G-Byte

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N2Gaming

As far as video cards, I don't care much on the the maker as much as I do compatibiliy issues and good drivers. The first system that I ever built to be rock solid was the dfi nf4 sli dr it had nvidia chipset so I used nvidia video card thinking that the system would be more stable useing same manufacturer. At that time Nvidia was the buzz word hype on the street and I've stuck with em ever since. I use to have a voodoo 3 3000 agp by 3dfx before they sold out to nvidia and the card was pretty good back then and I really liked 3dfx. I have a theory, amd & Nvidia = Intel + ATI = amd & ATI + Intel + Nvidia + You know a funny thing about pricing pc parts. you can get a 40 gig hdd ide for the same price about 3-5 years ago. the bigger they get the better the price per gb. out of curiosity if you don't mind me asking. How much did you pay for your m2n32??? I paid 199.99 at tiger. I know it's to much but I saw that a lot of retailers were no longer selling them as it is the end of the production for those boards from what I gather. I got it for the SLI PCIe x16 x2 mode and wifi. Do you know if this board supports PCIe 2.0 or just PCIe 1.0 Makes a difference when I go to upgrade.

G-Byte

Ya August it was priced at $195 but a last week I managed to get it for 177 even. Good price at last. This is what convinced me to get it instead of the deluxe version. Either the deluxe and a 8800gt or the xxx32-sli and a 9600gt.

We got some good deals and prices here in Edmonton from a couple of stores but I had to get my BE from Infonec dot come cause I could not find it in town here and I really wanted one badly. It cost me $105 including shipping from Ontario.

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CorryBasler

I bought my M2N32-SLI for $179.99 ON newegg.com in early june 2008!

N2Gaming

you ever shop zipzoomfly.com they have pretty good deals at times. I like them but they are in cali like me so I have to pay sales tax w/them. I almost clicked on a purchase for 169.99 but decided to call and confirm availability the following day. when I called to confirm the sales rep had none at his location but took my name and # yada yda yda and was going to check other wherehouse and get back to me. never heard back so I paid tiger before they sold out. plus tiger has really good Cust Srvc.

CorryBasler

Tigerdirect.com has really good prices on most items! I love NewEgg.com though!

N2Gaming

yeah new egg pretty good another cali etailer so I pay tax w/em as well. I like there review area. Can't always trust reviews and that's why we have Good ol Forums. Like this one

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N2Gaming

anyone following this. http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-wo...rig-not-3.html

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CorryBasler

Nope never saw that thread!

N2Gaming

I trying to find the suite case link he is building really cool.

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