Well the time has come when I feel I need to get a new pc. I decided to go with AMD this time around instead of Intel. I also decided to go for PCI-E (leaving SLI open as an option down the road) as well as SATA II. Here is what I got:
MSI K8N Neo4/SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor
BFG Tech BFGR78256GTOC Geforce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812AS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner
SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5″ Internal Floppy Drive
ASPIRE ATX-AS520W BLACK ATX 520W Power Supply
ASPIRE X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case