Help! This will be my first build. It was reccomended that I switch to AM2 vs 64x2. Anyone see any problems with this configuration? How easy is BIOS to set up? I will not be overclocking or too much tweaking. I just want a fast reliable gaming / music PC! Something easy to set up. Thanks! Spire SP-ATX-PALU/B Pininfarina Black Aluminum 6.0mm | SECC 1.0mm ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Foxconn C51XEM2AA- 8EKRS2H Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail XFX PVT73GUGD3 Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card -x2 SLI HIPER HPU-4S580-MS ATX12V 580W Power Supply - Retail AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2GHz Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200CUBOX - Retail CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Unbuffered System Memory Model TWIN2X2048-5400c4 - Retail Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B - OEM
I heard good things about the Foxconn board, so you should be able to slap that system together and go. It follows the nVidia reference design from what I understand, and everything I've read indicates it a solid board. There are options to do some heavy tweaking, but it wasn't required.
