I'm building a $600-$700 gaming pc I have already added up some sets of parts tell me what you think. Does it really make a difference what motherboard I get- for example for an AMD64x2 choice... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... Is the top one a whole lot different or so important? Or should I go for a cheap MB? Here are the two proccesors I am debating over, is one better than the other they are both about $300 http://indigo.intel.com/compare_cpu... http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/des... Here is the AMD parts I picked is it ok? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... Here are the Intel parts I picked. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... Sorry for the long message and thanks in advance for the help.

I could not get any of your links to work... Bio Star 2 gig RAM OCZ, AMD 64 3400 Athlon Thermaltak SVKing Case XFX 7600 GT Zalman CNP Heatsink 500W Antec TruPower

The links are broken, but I took a look at the two motherboards using the SKU number in the link. That first board has integrated graphics and is using a chipset I'm not familiar with. I'd suggest this board which is similar to the 2nd one but it does not have SLI: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... Michael J

sorry about the links here I'll post them alll again. So are you saying I should go with the AMD or the Intel? I'm building a $600-$700 gaming pc I have already added up some sets of parts tell me what you think. Does it really make a difference what motherboard I get- for example for an AMD64x2 choice... [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1179727&sku=A455-2112[/url] [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2537738&sku=A455-1096[/url] Is the top one a whole lot different or so important? Or should I go for a cheap MB? Here are the two proccesors I am debating over, is one better than the other they are both about $300 http://indigo.intel.com/compare_cpu... http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/des... Here is the AMD parts I picked is it ok? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... Here are the Intel parts I picked. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... Sorry for the long message and thanks in advance for the help.

You're not gonna find a lot of people supporting your decision to shop at TigerD. The motherboard, or more importantly, the chipset the motheboard is based on makes a HUGE difference in performance. If you're gonna run an Intel CPU, get a board based on an Intel chipset. If you're gonna get an AMD S939 CPU, get a board based on the nForce4 Ultra or nForce4 SLi. If you're gonna get an AMD AM2 CPU, get a board based on the nForce 570 Ultra or nForce 570 SLi. If you wanna go all out, get a board based on the nForce 590 SLi. Intel's Core2 Duo beats anything AMD has to offer, so keep that in mind.

thanks for your reply and why not many people supporting tigerD?

http://www.bbbsoutheastflorida.org/... Read about them at the better business bureau. Then check out newegg.com Many people have been lured into tiger direct by their special deals only to be disappointed, myself included. For instance. One soyo barebones kit for $19, almost one year and 40 emails later I finally got my rebates. I know some people that never got them. Tiger beware. ASUS A7V8X Athlon XP 2700+ @ 2.17ghz 1GB DDR 2700 nVidia 128mb FX 5200 WD 80gb SE NEC ND-3500AG DVD R/RW