Help Choosing a Motherboard+CPU

[Joker The Toker]

Well, ive been meaning to buy a new motherboard including a CPU for a long time and i dont know much about computer parts, i came here looking for some help choosing a good motherboard. i will be using it mainly for gaming(with highest quality settings) and maybe screen recordings @ high resolutions. ive already got a video card, just missing a good motherboard and CPU

would this or this motherboard+CPU be good? if not, could you possibly help me find a better motherboard and CPU on that same site (preferably below $400)?

also, could i be told what i would need to look for in a motherboard and processor to know if its good or not for future references

[patio]

Travel over to newegg to do some comparison shopping...i've seen better deals there lately than the site you linked to...

[Joker The Toker]

Travel over to newegg to do some comparison shopping...i've seen better deals there lately than the site you linked to...

im not looking for deals

[Calum]

You can do better than that.
Look for a Core 2 CPU instead of an Athlon-based one.

[Joker The Toker]

You can do better than that.
Look for a Core 2 CPU instead of an Athlon-based one.

would this or this be better?

[Calum]

The first package has 4 memory slots compares to the second board's two, but the second board support 800/1066/1333MHz FSB compared to the first's support for 800/1066MHz.
However, they both include a very powerful quad core CPU, which will have excellent performance.
The answer to your question is yes.

[Joker The Toker]

The first package has 4 memory slots compares to the second board's two, but the second board support 800/1066/1333MHz FSB compared to the first's support for 800/1066MHz.
However, they both include a very powerful quad core CPU, which will have excellent performance.
The answer to your question is yes.

which of the two would be the best option? the first, im guessing?

[Calum]

I would say so, yes.
The capacity to add more RAM outweighs the increased FSB of the other board, especially as the CPU it is bundled with does not have an FSB that fast, and I guess you won't be swapping that CPU anytime soon.

[Joker The Toker]

thank you for the help, appreciate it

[Calum]

You're welcome.
Enjoy your quad core.

[patio]

Travel over to newegg to do some comparison shopping...i've seen better deals there lately than the site you linked to...

im not looking for deals

This doesn't make sense.
If it's the same components offered at a lesser price would that neccessarily be a bad thing ? ?

[NinjaALor]

Hey Patio do you get commission from Newegg or what?

[patio]

If i did would that make a difference ? ?

[Jess607]

You sig doesn't make any sense to me either.

[GX44]

You sig doesn't make any sense to me either.

Are you talking about patio's sig? If so... Just think about it for a minute longer. It'll come 

[Jess607]

You sig doesn't make any sense to me either.

Are you talking about patio's sig? If so... Just think about it for a minute longer. It'll come 

No, it doesn't make any sense.
Experience comes from the test, and has nothing to do with the lesson.
You get the lesson first (knowledge through research), and then you are tested.
From the test (the implimentation of the knowledge), you gain experience.

[GX44]

Experience is what gets you through a test. Revision/studying etc are giving you more experience in doing something. Therefore, if you make a mistake, you learn from it (experience)... Hence the sig. Thats how I understand the sig anyway...

[Jess607]

Experience is what gets you through a test. Revision/studying etc are giving you more experience in doing something. Therefore, if you make a mistake, you learn from it (experience)... Hence the sig. Thats how I understand the sig anyway...

I'm sorry if this sounds like an attack, but what you said couldn't be more wrong.
Experience doesn't get you through a test - knowledge does.
Studying gives you that knowledge.
Experience comes from actually doing something, so after you would have been tested, you would have experience.

Now, saying that you learn from a mistake is fine. But learning does NOT equal experience.

[GX44]

I don't see it as an attack, it's only a discussion 

I agree, by studying etc you gain knowledge... but you also gain experience in whatever your studying. For example, if I was to study how to balance a chemical equation, and actually solve the equation, I would have more experience in solving equations than someone who just reads about how to solve them.

May not be practical experience but it's still experience nonetheless (sp?)

[Jess607]

Studying how to balance a chemical equation would give you the KNOWLEDGE to do so.
Balancing or Solving the equation would then be the act which you would need the knowledge for, and gain EXPERIENCE. by doing.

[GX44]

Balancing or Solving the equation would then be the act which you would need the knowledge for, and gain EXPERIENCE. by doing.

Thats exactly my point...