giga ma790fx-ds5 good choice for an am2+ mobo?

[duploxxx]

looking at the GIGABYTE MA790FX-DS5 mobo...

looking at either the 5000 or 6400 BE for a processor to use with this mobo.
what do u think about this combo?


can i use ddr2-1066 with these cpu's? or does it downgrade it to 800?
i was looking at the corsair dominator ddr2-1066 (its on sale at newegg)
possibly maybe 4 sticks, but im only running winxp


other specs i wanna use with this system:

coolermaster 690
corsair 520 psu
evga g92 8800gts
150g raptor

i wanna start with solid chassis by getting an am2+ mobo so it will give me more options to upgrade in the future.

when u use a k8 proc to start with it will automatically change you're mem to ddr2 800, its only from phenom that you have the 1066 support (its not board related but imc) also 4 sticks run way better on phenom then k8.

for the rest if you want max performance you're better of with 6400 oc with its bigger cache, if you want more budget then the 5000 is nice

good to see there are still people thinking about the future, 790fx is THE board that has future with its 3-4 pci-e 2.0 slots.

for the board, i have the msi one, same price as you're gigabyte ds-5 but more features , its a nice budget board but missing some bios options, probably gigabyte better with that, dfi very hard to find and m2rs even worse.