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Depends what's in your system now.. If you have an Athlon XP 1600 or over you might be able to wait out for Hammer, but that's still a long ways off. If there's only a $20 difference though, go with the A7N8X. It's much better for overclocking due to the locked PCI/AGP bus. Also, you can clock your RAM at almost whatever you want.. For example, let's say you're trying to run at 230FSB, but your RAM can't handle it. There's a setting where you can decrease the RAM's speed until it's stable, but still keep your FSB at 230. OR... If you can only get your FSB to lets say 180, but you know your RAM can handle 230, you can increase the RAM's speed without affecting the CPU's speed. It's a board packed with features.. I want one really bad. If you do go with the A7N8X, there's 2 versions I believe. One with an integrated video card (GeForce 4 MX) and one without. I'd suggest getting the board without, since a GeForce 4 MX is crap and it'll cost you less. 
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If I were you, I'd get 512 MB of Corsair PC 3000 or PC3200. One stick will give you better OCing results, and if you buy generic RAM you'll regret it when you try to OC. How much are you paying for that 4600? Last time I checked it was only about $60 less than an ATi Radeon 9700. IF you can afford a 9700, get that. It owns any card on the market right now. I use a 300 watt Antec PSU. It's not really the watts that count. It's more important to have a quality PSU, such as an Antec. You could have a 600 watt generic PSU that can't perform half as decent as a 300 watt quality PSU. For PSUs stick with Antec or Enermax. Everything else sounds great! You'll have a beast when you put this thing together.
Diablo_363rd said:Asus and Budget dont really go together.....Ya pay for the top dog
