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Heya guys -
I'm looking to do a pretty major system overhaul in the next couple weeks. You can see my current system config in my sig - planning on getting a new video card, mobo, cpu, memory, and hard drives.
I've already settled on picking up a Radeon 5870 1gb for the video.
I'm pretty set on getting an ASUS board, but there are so many friggin options that are so similar in terms of features that I'm completely lost. I'm also not sure whether to go with an i5 or an i7 setup.
I'd like to spend between $200-300 for the board, $200-300 for the CPU.
I plan on using this as a gaming rig (my native res is 2048x1152) and I do a lot of WoW, but do like all the eye candy in any other new game that I happen to play through.
So basically I'm looking for recommendations for i5/i7 cpu + motherboard combinations, specifically ASUS unless you have something else that you absolutely love.
I'm looking to do a pretty major system overhaul in the next couple weeks. You can see my current system config in my sig - planning on getting a new video card, mobo, cpu, memory, and hard drives.
I've already settled on picking up a Radeon 5870 1gb for the video.
I'm pretty set on getting an ASUS board, but there are so many friggin options that are so similar in terms of features that I'm completely lost. I'm also not sure whether to go with an i5 or an i7 setup.
I'd like to spend between $200-300 for the board, $200-300 for the CPU.
I plan on using this as a gaming rig (my native res is 2048x1152) and I do a lot of WoW, but do like all the eye candy in any other new game that I happen to play through.
So basically I'm looking for recommendations for i5/i7 cpu + motherboard combinations, specifically ASUS unless you have something else that you absolutely love.