Looking at power supplies, mobos, and RAM what to get?

I have a bfg 8800 768mb graphics card and the amd quad core 9850 black edition processor and i need a suitable mobo, ram, and psu. i am currently looking at a CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W psu, and i know i want the mobo to be the best and RAM i want ddr2 1066. so is that a good psu? and what recommendations for mobo and ram?

 

also i would like for the mobo to support a max of 16 gb ram. is that a good thing or should i shoot for the 8gb max?

 

You don't need a PSU that powerful unless you intend to use two of those cards. The HX520W will do fine.
I recommend Corsair Dominator PC8500 memory and a Gigabyte AM2+ motherboard.

 

what about Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6? even though its crossfire would nvidia still be okay?

 

Yes, one Nvidia card will work fine in a crossfire motherboard. SLI wont work.

 

it seems that most good gigabyte boards are ati and i prefer nvidia. ah well. for psu what company makes the best? im lookin at thermaltake and corsair, and i know not to buy ocz from personal experience but are there any other recommendations?

 

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The high end Gigabyte ones

Nvidia chipsets tend to be horrible.

 

Indeed they do.

 

alright everything is going good except mobo. still can't find a really good one. i dont mind spending the extra money on a really nice mobo and i liked the Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 but i can't find it anywhere. anybody have any recommendations to help me out?

 

also sorry its a amd 9950 not 9850.

 

The board is only available in europe, not the US, seemingly.

 

stupid question: theres not a distinction though right? if i am able to buy it it will work in the US?

 

Yes, the only PC parts that are region specific are potentially the DVD drives (though very unlikely with region changing software) and the Power Supply.

 

also other than that board what would be a good board that would support the 9950 and be badass? any msi or asus recommendations?

 

I very rarely advise high end AMD parts to be honest, so I don't know very much about the market. Quite rightfully everyone buys Core 2 Quads. I'd stick with Gigabyte or MSI for the board, Asus produce some good boards but they've produced a hell of a lot of bad ones, not really worth the risk.

 

not that i want it per say but for something more nvidia compliant i would have to look for something with a nvidia south or north bridge huh?

 

Unless you want to SLI, you shouldn't want anything to do with Nvidia chipsets on motherboards.

 

MSI K9A2 Platinum should be good? i dont get the 16gb of ram support like the Gigabyte board but otherwise it looks pretty badass.

 

Don't get an SLI motherboard, you don't need to use SLI and you certainly don't want a troublesome SLI board.

 

yeah i figured. so msi k9a2 platinum is good?