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Its not the greatest board, but they do have a 1 year warranty. I've used ASRock boards a few times, to replace failed motherboards.

Reportedly, Asus had started the ASRock brand as their low end line.
ASRock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Re: 4gb DDR2 vs 2gb DDR3
 

To save more money, you can always get components used, just make sure they're in good shape.

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He'd do fine with some value ram or so, he doesn't need this good expensive shit. Also, even with 2gb, games run smooth, don't say that 4gb of ultra ram is a must. :rolleyes:

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TBH, the games I currently own are not power hogs in any way. The most demanding game would probably be Lost Planet :p

No, I dont need a 480 and 10 gigs of DDR3 ram, im thinking 3 :P

And the only games I want to try out are Far Cry 2, Crysis, BBC2 and possibly Just Cause 2.

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AsRock is a good brand. AS stated above, it was an offshoot of Asus. They make budget boards that are full of usefull features such as ddr2 & ddr3 ram on the same board. I had an old skt 939 board that had both agp & pci express x16 slots . It was a great board.

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That all runs fine 1080p on 3gb of DDR2 and 1gb on my gts250.

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Better deal (ATM anyway):

Newegg.com - GeIL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10660) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model GV34GB1333C9DC


$95.99 + free shipping

Seems like a good deal to me.

Built a friend's PC with that same MB, works flawlessly (he even got a free 4th core from the 720BE)

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+1 on that. I got my i7 860 and P55-UD6 mobo used, and with the amount i saved i could buy another i7. :)

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Yup. Got my card used awhile back...came with lifetime warranty as well.