[Paulieg]

Originally Posted by batmang

I have a MSI K9A2 Platinum motherboard which IMO I think is one of the better Phenom boards. It has shown good results when overclocking B3 Phenom's and I'm sure the same will go for the Phenom II's. But honestly, I'd go with a 790gx based board due to SB750 southbridge. Since your going with DDRII, I recommend G.Skill solely because they are cheap, overclockable and compatible with most motherboards. You can get 4 gigs of G.Skills DDR2 800 for $64 shipped.

Good 790GX motherbaords
Gigabyte's:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128352

MSI's:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130190

G.Skill 2x1GB DDRII 800 - $32 shipped. (But since your prepping for Phenom II, I'd personally go with 1066 G.Skill)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231098

As for a CPU, I'd go with a Windsor 3.0Ghz:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103773

Those are awesome dual core CPU's and will be resalable without too much of a hit after your done with it.

I was looking some Gskill Pi's. I had a pair before that didn't perform great, but that was on an Intell chipset. So maybe..