First time building an AMD system and have a few questions.

[Shaftinator]

[PCguy]

Personally, I have never found that core techologies to be all that significant when running a PC. I game, and I game alot. I didnt go for the latest Chipset because I didnt have any money to. I never regreted it and I play everying that is up to date. (Still only an Intel 2.6 Ghz)

As for the graphics card and SLI, don't waste your money just yet. Shell out for the 6800. I wouldnt even go to the GT because it only slightly beat out the regular 6800 (which I have btw).

For motherboards, I only trust Abit and Asus.

Hope this helps.

[Bent]

For what it is worth here are my 2 cents. If your going for gaming and money is not an issue.

Intel P4 3.2 with the hyper threading
2 gig of ram W/ coolers
Super micro mother board, I use to be big on Asus but they seem to be having issues as
of late. Or Abit is fine.
Gforce 6800 GT
As much cooling stuff as you can fit into the case.

[Shaftinator]

I appreciate the input from those who replied. I ended up going through a friend who has a business deal with newegg and got killer deals on all the hardware. This is what I ordered.

-JetWay 939GT4-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
-eVGA 256-P2-N376-AX Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
-Thermaltake PurePower W0023R ATX 560W Power Supply
-AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939
-OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel memory
-Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
-SONY Black IDE DVD Burner
-Swiftech MCX6400-V Heatsink
-THERMALTAKE A1214 80mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan
-Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
-Microsoft Windows XP Home Upgrade with SP2
-SAMSUNG 990DF-Black 19" CRT Monitor

Should be here soon then let the games begin (after some slight assembly and oc'ing). Happy gaming.