Same operating freq., diff. performance?

[wataskier227]

My 1st question: The Fx- 60 and the x2 5000+ have the same operating frequency but are on different platforms, is one beter than the other? I do not plan to overclock. I'm leaning towards the new 5000+ since it has the new AM2 platform.

2nd question: If I go the AM2 path, which memory should i be looking at? I'm totally new to ddr2, the timings look a lot slower, do they still not matter as much since AMDs memory controller is embedded? What speed of ddr2 memory do I need so that I'm not bottlenecking my cpu?

3rd question: I'm assuming ASUS MN32 is the way to go as far as a high performance AM2 mobo. Is this a good assumption?

The other part of the system which I have already decided on:
HDD: WD 150GB 10000RPM
vIDEO: eVga 7900gtx 512mb
PSU: Fortron FX700watt

[blue60007]

The FX series has unlocked multipliers which is handy for overclocking. Since you aren't overclocking, go for the cheaper.

With AM2 you want to go for DDR2 - 800 - anything less hurts performance vs DDR400/Skt939. It's twice as fast as DDR400 but has twice as high latencies. For the most part they cancel. There's very little performance difference, except maybe where pure bandwidth is a plus regardless of latencies.

Yes, that's a good choice of mobo.

Rest of the build looks nice.