Need help with compatibility

[.Maleficus.]

The Crucial has better timings, but if you can OC the G.Skill to those timings, go with that. I don't know how good of an OC'er the G.Skill is though, but I have heard good things from them about OC'ing.

[Spawn-Inc]

i will through another contendor in the ram section with these. haven't tried it but i'm getting these muskin for my build. you can't move/change out the surround sound, you will have to take up a pci slot.

EDIT: WTF did i say????, i think i was trying to say i will vote for this brand...

[Crazy Buddhist]

I like the EVGA board myself. That looks pretty strong. But if I were going the route of Dolby Digital 5.1 for my sound card is the on-board removable, or will I have to use one of the pci slots?

been trying to see who makes the codec chip on that board but can't because of the machine I am on - if it is RealTek - aka yucktek - then you will want to use a PCI soundcard but if its made by Analog devices you'll be OK. read why here.