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Originally Posted by JoshuaD
Cool. I'm leaving slots open in the future so I can upgrade. But between the AMD and Intel, any suggestions or reasons why one is the better choice?
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The Intel build needs DDR2 not DDR3
Leaving room for expansion is good but you might want to go with 2 x 2GB sticks so you can expand to 8 down the road.
Newegg is listing some P45 boards as open box as low as 66.00. I've had pretty good luck with open box products from them. Unless you are planning on four monitors you may not need the Pro version of the board. Long time DUC'er MATTP has been running ASUS P5Q SE2 and a Q9450 that I traded him for some time now. The P5Q SE2 and the P5Q SE Plus seem to pretty be the same board.