HELLO! New system!

Time to upgrade...would you gents be so kind as to give me suggestions for a mobo/cpu/mem combo please?

My budget is about $1,000 preferably less.

Thank you all!

mobo - dfi nf4 (the most basic one) modable to sli and SATA II
cpu - venice 3000 will do great with this mobo ( you shouldget 2.50-2.90Ghz with better cooling)
mem - OCZ plat rev2 or something more hardcore if you want HTT300 1:1

mobo - about 110$ or even less
cpu - about 140$
mem - 170$
sell your 9800pro and buy x800xl for about 260$
that would be it. Great setup for small money
hope it helps

Well I see you already have a 3000+. So if you really want to upgrade from that, I would suggest getting a 3700+ San Diego for $335.

Don't forget the XP-120 or -90 if you don't already have a good cooling setup.

If I go with a DFI NF4 board, and a San Diego 3700

Which memory would be the best fit?

Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136152

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535

Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227206

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127158



reason i said the 3200+ is becuz the 10X multi and they have been OCing alot better than the 3000+'s these days as for the MSI 6800GT i chose that becuz the eVGA one has the fan wire epoxied to the PCB and connecter so putting a 3rd party fan/waterblock on would be very stressfull and as
far as the memory i picked it becuz it is Winbond UTT chips witch use the CH die ..loves voltage and the DFI loves to give it voltage with these parts you should see some wicked overclocks

Will there be a price drop once the X2s hit the street?

I was thinking of getting this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227206

but there seems to be a great price gap with this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227204

I don't really understand the difference.