Just need some advice on picking what i should get, i plan to SLI my current 9600gt but having trouble choosing wich mobo, My current budget is $500, here are my choices.

Asus Striker II Formula($350) + Gigabyte 9600Gt($131) = $481
or
Asus P5N-D($180) + Gigabyte 9600gt($131) = $311 (and maybe a Good quality PSU or Case)

The only concern is that the P5N-D only supports 800Mhz DDR2 ram and i recently bought some 1066Mhz ram so would my current ram be usable in the P5N-D. I don't mind running it at 800Mhz but i would like to know if it is usable. Also how is the overclocking on the 750i chipsets?

If you guy's don't think SLI is worth it these are my choices of a single GPU solution

9800GTX $283
or
4870 $380
or
GTX260 $410

Any suggestions

Definitely just go with a Radeon 4870. It's as quick as the GeForce GTX280 in some games, and it means you don't have to change your motherboard to a sub-par Nvidia 780i board. Make sure you get a decent PSU though.

Newegg.com - PALiT AE=4870S+0452 Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies

Comes in at $350.

Price's are alot more expensive here actually, I forgot to put the prices of the cards.

Thx for the advice tho.

Im going to say the same as reflux, But Go with a PCP&C PSU!

Newegg.com - PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies and its 20% off on top of that price! and if that dont meet your budget try this.. this is still better!


Newegg.com - PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies And This one is also 20% off on the price you see aswell!


matt