Hi all, thanks in advance for any help!
I'm thinking of upgrading my motherboard and case. I've never built a computer from scratch, only added new memory, installed a new hard drive once, and installed a new cdrw. It was bought from Vigor. Currently I have a Cooler Master Mystique which HAS to be replaced, plastic clear screen in broken from an accidental kick in the excitement of playing a game. My mb is Asus P5NSLI, nvidia gts 8800 by PNY, and Intel 1.86 Core Duo 2, Tagan 900w PSU, and I have 4 sticks of G.Skill 1gb ddr2 800mhz (F2-6400CL4D-2GBHK is package code). Sound card and dvd writer also. Vista Home Premium 32.
For the case I'm looking at the ANTEC Performace 1 P180 (slightly bigger than CM Mystique). I might want to get a 2nd video card so the slightly bigger case would be good. (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811129154). And for the mb, EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 Nvidia 680i SLI ATX (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813188013).
Would all this work? and how difficult would it be to move all the parts to the new case? Should I keep the Asus mb? I've read some not to flattering things about it and using 800mhz memory, and that it's only a 590SLI and not fully utilizing my video card and memory. I do get random boot up errors on this system every once in a while to (and I don't even have it OCd anymore and I still get random boot up errors).
I'm grateful for any insights and advice!