AM3 BOARD if you can afford it. 785g is coming in a months time ( most probably) or even less to all shops. 4k -5k can get you a good AM3 mAtx mobo with 785g chipset. DDR3 ram is quiet expensive though. for 5k you can get normal sticks with 4gb memory only and 1333MHz and CL9. Buy OCZ reapers or platinum from KMD they will cost a little less (4k) but will perfom a lot better.