[QUOTE="trigger501"]X38, do they supportt SLI(if i wanna SLI later on)?? does a dedicated sound card really make that much of difference than an integrated one? where do propose i get em??RayvinAzn

X38 does not support SLI - you'd have to get an nForce 780i chipset motherboard for that, but I'm not sure if those are available in Australia yet, and I don't know of any really reliable sites to shop at down under. We do have a few Aussies here though, hopefull one of them will see this. And on a quality set of speakers, the difference between onboard audio and a discreet sound card is pretty big.

Nah im not looking at a tri SLI system atm, thats too out there for me. hehehe

i juz want a mobo that has SLI and support and 1066mhz DDR2 ram and will support Q6600, im looking at getting the creative xfi:fatality edition... that should be good enough ay?

at the place that i shop at, they only hav SLI mobos that support only up to 800 mhz, so does 1066 DDR2 have that much of a difference from 800mhz??

ive got a budget of AUD$1,400.00 for just the Main component of the PC (no Monitors, speakers or anything coz i hav em already)

i wont be needing: an 8800 gts 640, ive got it on standby, which i bought last month, ive got a Seasonic 550W(im looking to juz run 1 vid card), G-51 speaker set-up so i would like good 5.1 support. (coz gigabyte's got CH: 4, 6, 8... i was like where the f is 5.1???) so they dont work as properly as i hoped it would, then again ive got a 2 yr old system... and my monitor suits me juz fine.

so yeah i need some help to get the best performing and future proofed system for AUD$1,400.00

PS: please include where to get it. cheers! :)

the dude that said the game couddnt be run on that 7900 card and it is out of date doesnt know what hes talking about... ive got a N6600 ffs, and the game still runs... hahaha

i'll be upgrading to an N8800 gts or N8600 gts soonish...