New conroe system in cart

[Shutdown28]

E6400
OCZ DDR2-800 2GB
Gigabyte DS3
ATI X1900XT
Run o the mill 250gb WD drive Sata II blah blah (never liked the premium for raptor)
Enermax Liberty 500W

Moving from:
A64 3200+
6600 GT x2
2 GB Corsair

First off any one have any suggestions before i click check out. Also i have a Lian-Li 65B with 3 120 Panaflos in it front top and rear. I like this case but how would a P180 stack up from Antec i like the look of the case. My 65B is kinda of battle damaged from Lan parties

 

[InorganicMatter]

Say "no" to Gigabyte! GO ASUS!! Kidding aside, the DS3 will only post with 1.8V memory. You can change it after booting, but you have to have some 1.8V DDR2 to boot it and flash the BIOS. I'm pretty sure that OCZ memory needs 2.0V so it will NOT work out of the box. You'll have to either ask Gigabyte for a new BIOS chip (good luck with their support ), or get a cheap stick of memory to flash with. For the cost difference after the memory, I say go for an ASUS P5B or an Abit AB9.

The P180 is a great case, but make sure you get the black version since it has all the little quirks fixed and has a new non-warping door.

 

[Shutdown28]

I see very good OC on both Asus and Gigabyte and i have heard about the memory issue but some family in the house has a P4 D setup and i think i can snatch their ram to boot it and flash the Bios from then on i understand every thing is A-OK. And for the price the DS3 looks like a good choice. Theres a bit of a stock issue with Asus unless i order from the Egg who i love but i have recently moved to a new state and i am charged tax by the egg now. ZZF has all my parts in stock all free shipping no tax and i would pay $13 for for a P5B.

So i can go Giga DS3 or ASUS P5B (only one in stock at ZZF)

I have no need for a board with Xfire or SLI only reason my current pc is SLI is because one card was free and the other was 1/2 off.