Help with new build

[greentea]

I need help choosing a motherboard for the following components. I would prefer Intel, but open to any suggestions.

1.Cooler Master ATX 5-5.25 bays, 1-3.25 and 4 internal bays -case header has power and reset with 1394 fire port and two usb and mike and earphone plugs-two cooling fans.

2.Power is 550 watts x2/120mm/Titanium

3. Seagate 7200/16MB/ATA 750GB EIDE HD THD750A SY

4.ATIRadeon x 1600 PRO 512MB PCIe w/DVI/TV-out

5.Plextor Px-755SA 16x SATA internal DVD Burner

6.Pinnacle Studio with pci

7.Ultra MD2 5.25" 4 port, USB 2.0 & Card Reader BLK-this is called a media dash board

8.Intel Pro Desktop Ethernet 10/100/1000

9. Turtle Beach Montego 7.1 DDL Sound Card

10. Ultra 1024 MB PC 4200 DDR2 533 MHz
I would prefer to change this memory to the 600 or better level.

11. Wintv-HVR 1600 HVr Hauppuage

[Alaron]

Welcome to PCMech.

First thing to do is avoid buying from TigerDirect. We recommend www.newegg.com for much better customer service.

For an Intel system, we recommend an Asus P5B motherboard and a Core 2 Duo E6600 or E6300. Pair that with 1GB (2x512) of Corsair VS DDR2-667.

Switch to a SATA hard drive. Seagate is good.

Plextor burners are nice, but overpriced. A retail LiteOn that comes with Nero is a great buy.

You'll need to exchange the power supply for something higher quality. CoolerMaster's are 'ok' but check our list for something in blue: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=131195 FSP is a good buy here.

[greentea]

Alaron,
Thanks for the info, but I already have these components. I do have a SATA drive. I wrote down the ATA but that ATA drive is for my Dell upgrade. The SATA is also 750.

[Cricket]

I would stay far away from Ultra products...sketchy quality. For the RAM I'd go with Corsair.

And you may not need a separate NIC/ethernet card because all new motherboards already come with it built in...unless you specifically need gigabit ethernet for something.

Cricket

[Katreat]

Since you already have those parts, just go for Alaron's suggestion for Mobo, CPU, and RAM.

His suggestion about a better power supply is a warning. Your power supply is not know for its quality and when/if it goes out it could take your whole system with it. So it is recommended that you go shopping for another before loading up all those nice new primum parts. Alaron linked the good power supply list for you.