Need advice on building a computer

[avnos]

Hello [H]ard forum, im a gen[m]ay regular and just decided to signup here with hard today for advice and the trade forums. I have built 4 systems in the past but its been a good 4 years since I have kept up with computer parts.

Budget:$700-900
Goal:A gaming computer that can handle the newest games on at least medium settings (crysis, hellgate london). I like to upgrade computers over several years, thats why my budget is rather low. (currently using an old amd athlon 3200+, 1gb ram, 7600 GS 512 MB)

What I already have: Optical drives, SATA hard drives, case (lian li something), sound card (Sound blaster audigy 2zs).

So basically I'm looking for advice on mobo/graphics/ram/processor/PSU advice on a mid-higher end system by todays standards.

With the news about the new 8800GT coming out early next week , and the reviews by [H] and other reputable sites turn out to be as good as the early reviews posted thus far, I will be grabbing one of these for ~250. I am not afraid to switch from AMD to Intel as it seems to be a wise decision at the moment.

Any other advice on mobos ? ( i have used asus, and soyo in the past, had bad luck with soyo).

Thanks guys sorry this was lengthier than I wanted lol.

 

[thrawn86]

I won't do your research for you, but don't worry its easy.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1235210 was on the 1st page. should fit your bill perfectly. If you want an asus, go for a p5n board