Hi,<br><br>Processor:<br>So it looks like I go for a intel i3 processor, with integrated gpu.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

Anyway, I&#39;m a fan of Asus MBs, either Intel or AMD processors. I used<br>
to work for AMD but frankly right now it&#39;s pretty hard to beat Intel&#39;s<br>
Core i5 &amp; i7 offerings. I&#39;ve got an i5-661, i7-920 and an i7-980x.<br>
They are all quite nice at different price points and the i5 is very<br>
energy efficient.<br></blockquote></div><br>MB:<br>Does it make sense to go for an Intel motherboard when I have also a Intel processor? Then it should fit right ;) Like the 


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			PRO82+ 385W. I heard that brand is good... <br><br>Cases:<br>There are pretty some option these days. Towers, mini-itx, htpc. I like the style of the Antec ones ( 


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