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Originally Posted by notabook
That video card is going to suffer greatly from such a poor CPU. If you are going to get that video card, you really need an Dual or Quad Core Extreme chip...
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No you don't. I've got an E4300 (and an 8800) with my fsb at 333 (Will go past 375 but my ram can't take it) and I have _zero_ problem with any game I have played, with every in game setting cranked and 16xQ AA in Enhance mode + all performance options enabled in the driver. My fps is never below 60fps for long. Buying an extreme or quad core chip is a waste of money when you can get similar performance out of a chip that retails for ~$150.
Your 100 dollar motherboard is also a real bad idea. A $100 mobo does not make a "super pc" and is probably going to set your house on fire if you are pushing some decent FSB speeds and _especially_ if you are overclocking. The $200 - $300 range is a better bet. The new nvidia and intel chipsets are both solid so you can't really go wrong with either of them, it all boils down to preference and overclocking features. ASUS makes some real solid boards for both chipsets with tons of overclocking features.
You're also going to want to spend some more cash on a QUALITY PSU. You buy a cheap psu or one that doesn't have enough juice and it's going to fry with that 8800 (Or fry the 8800, or both, or your entire machine). As far as I am concerned the PSU is the absolute most important component in your machine, so don't cheap out on it. Anything under 500 - 600 watts is probably going to pushing it, and if you ever want to go sli down the road you may as well just grab a big fuckin' SLI psu and then you are ready if you go SLI.
However I don't know if that will totally future proof you for the next series of video cards, which will probably need to be plugged in to a 220v dryer socket to meet their power requirements.