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Phenom build

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Limp Gawd
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My friend is going to sell me his 9950 BE for pretty cheap so I just decided to start my build there. What are the good AM2+ mini or micro ATX boards? I see that not too many of you go with an AMD proc in your system. I'd prefer some sort of decent integrated graphic power since I just dont feel buying a card yet. Support for up to 8gb memory is preferred but not necessary.

As far as memory/psu/case/hdd/etc. I've got that covered already. And I'd like to stay in the <$100 area.
 
I have 2 of the same boards (in sig). however, I'm not thrilled that there is no firewire on the matx mobods I'm using.
 
I've just finished putting together a Phenom 920 build with an Asus M3A78-EM board. According to the specs, it will support a 140w quad, so the 9950 should be fine in it, plus it'll take 4x2gb of RAM as well. And it's got Firewire. ;)

I'm pretty happy with it so far - I'm not using onboard graphics, so I can't comment on that. It's overclocking the 920 to 3.22ghz so far.
 
I'm just going to use the psu I have in my current build. Its a OCZ600SXS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010

So far my build looks like this:
mobo - ASUS M3A78-EM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131324
psu - (above)
cpu - AMD Phenom 9950BE http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103291
hdd - 2x 500gb Seagate
optical drive - whatever I have now
memory - OCZ Blade Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227420

Anyone know anything about that memory? Its only $31 after rebate, so I'm thinking of just going for it. Will the heatsink on them fit in a small case?

I'm really not too sure about what case to get. I've yet to find one that really catches my eye. Any recommendations?
 
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