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Ok guys, after reading many reviews and taking some advice from you guys and people on another forum, this is what I came up with so far. I decide to go with RAID after all, I will just have to save some green and get another drive next year. I know I said I was not a fan of Abit, but I was not a fan of DFI but gave them another chance and been happy with the DFI board for the last 2 years. I read some reviews on this board and thats why I picked it. You guys may have differant ideas, thats the whole reason for this thread. I still have a week before my wife is going to order my new hardware for christmas so this still may change.

ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Model #: IP35 Pro
Item #: N82E16813127030

SAPPHIRE 100216L Radeon HD 3850 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Model #: 100216L
Item #: N82E16814102714

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6750 - Retail
Model #: BX80557E6750
Item #: N82E16819115029

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail
 
Looks like a pretty nice list, you should be happy with it.

I have some of that ram, it doesn't like OCing in the board it is in but it runs stable at 400fsb 1:1 on it. I didn't really try to push it much farther than that. You may have better luck with it, though. Not that you really need much more than 400fsb with that chip. :p

I have the Visiontek branded HD3850. For games, it works well (all I've done with it so far) on my 24" LCD. COD4 runs smooth at 1920x1200, max detail. GHIII stutters a bit on large crowd shots at 1920x1200, though.

The IP35 pro should do pretty well, too. I was looking at the IP35-E for my roommate's computer (got the DS3L instead because newegg stopped carrying the IP35-E when he was buying stuff) but I saw some threads for the Pro as well. It looks like a pretty solid board, should work pretty well for you.
 
Danny Bui said:
Looks pretty good to me. But rogue_jedi is right: If you're planning to OC past 3.2Ghz, get RAM more friendly to overclocking, like this set:
Crucial Ballistix BL2KIT12864AA804 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 RAM - $75
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I would but I am at max right now on funds. That is the only reason I am getting the SAPPHIRE 100216L Radeon HD 3850 256MB instead of the 512 version even though it is only $20 more. All my old stuff I am replacing is going into my wifes system and her stuff is going into her son's. Part of my Christmas list includes a hard drive from him. He has 3 hard drives equaling about 90gig's.
 
You can get that HD3850 for $20 cheaper here:
VisionTek Radeon HD 3850 256MB PCI-E Video Card - $160

Better get it fast.

That G.Skill RAM is fine for now. But like I said. if you're planning for OC past 3.2Ghz, get the Ballistix RAM. But if you're happy with the 3.2Ghz, then it's all good.

Oh and you can shave some money off by going with the GA-P35-DS3R. It also OC's pretty well and it's a good $50 cheaper:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R Intel P35 Motherboard - $130

Here's a side by side comparison of the Abit IP35 Pro and the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...mpareItemList=N82E16813128050,N82E16813127030

And here are couple of reviews for each mobo. Decide for yourself whether or not it's worth it for you:

Abit IP 35 Pro:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/abit-ip35-pro.html
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ip35__pro/
http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/Abit_IP35_Pro_Off_Limits/index.shtml
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTM4OCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/513/1/
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/06/01/gigabyte_ga-p35-ds3r/1
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=832&num=1

And you can get the IP35 Pro for cheaper here:
Abit IP35 Pro Intel P35 Motherboard - $168
 
Danny Bui said:
You can get that HD3850 for $20 cheaper here:
VisionTek Radeon HD 3850 256MB PCI-E Video Card - $160

And you can get the IP35 Pro for cheaper here:
Abit IP35 Pro Intel P35 Motherboard - $168
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I don't know if you guys look at shipping cost when you buy your hardware. The VisionTek will save me less than $2 with shipping and buying from
Mwave will only save me less than $3. I have already calculated what it would cost me to try and buy this stuff from differant venders and came to the conclusion that getting it all from NewEgg will only cost about $5 more, but with NewEgg, I can rest easier knowing I can get something replaced without alot of hassel. Thank you for trying though.

After reading through all them reviews, I am going to stick with Abit IP35 Pro.
 
jid1877 said:
I don't know if you guys look at shipping cost when you buy your hardware. ...
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Tax and Shipping is different for everyone, so as long as you check for yourself and let us know that our suggestions didn't save you much because of shipping or tax, then don't worry about it. We're not trying to get your hopes up, we're trying to help you, lol. You didn't give us your zipcode, so we don't know if our suggestions will help or not... and frankly, we'd rather suggest them and have you check it out instead of you giving us your zipcode, since we make these suggestions dozens of times per day.

For example...
HD3850 @ newegg: $194 shipped/taxed for me
HD3850 @ bestbuy: $180 shipped/taxed for me

As you can see, BB saved me $14... it only saved $2 for you :(
 
Ok guys, my wife messed up and bought the wrong CPU. She got me the
E6550 instead of the E6750 like I wanted. Why she didn't go from my wish list, I don't know.

Q. What am I going to loose and is it a big deal?

She also got me: HIS Hightech H385Q512NP Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported IceQ 3 Turbo Video Card - Retail

Instead of the
SAPPHIRE 100226L Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported

because they were out of stock. Yes, I was able to get her to upgrade to the 512MB version.

One last Question. Since I only have a 4-pin ATX12V connector instead of a 8-pin EPS12V connector, will this converter work alright? The manual for the motherboard says I can just us the 4-pin ATX12V connector.
 
A slightly lower clock speed (2.33Ghz 6550 VS 2.66Ghz E6750) and a much harder CPU to OC due to its 7x multiplier. Thats all you lose.

If the manual says it's all right to use the 4pin, then just use the 4pin. Dunno if that adapter will work. Only way to know is to try it.
 
It should work fine with or without that 4-to-8-pin atx12v adapter.
 
Well, everything came in on Wed exept the video card which came in Fri. Had everything up and running (exept for vid card) on wed with no problems. Friday when the vid came in, I installed Win XP. Every thing ran fine for about the first hour, then started loosing vid signal and the screen would go blank. Reinstalled on of the old vids, then I started getting mouse lag and would have to double, triple click everything. So on Sat, I spent the day reinstalling windows about 6 times (very pissed at this time) with all the same results. I installed the new vid in my old rig and ran it for about half a day with no problems. I repartition my hd and reinstalled Win XP late last night and figured out that one of the drivers for the motherboard was messing with the mouse. Reinstalled Vista and been running stable for most of today. I reinstalled the new vid card this morning with the PCIe Y power adaptor instead of the one off of the power supply and have had no problems yet. The system been running stable for several hours now. I need to get some AS5 and redo the hs on the cpu and vid card.

Want to start doing some overclocking but not sure about the stock HS. Temps have been stable at 18c idle and up to 30c at full load so far. The vid has been running at 36c idle and up to 72c at full load.

ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6550 - Retail

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail

HIS Hightech H385Q512NP Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported IceQ 3 Turbo Video Card - Retail
 
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