to bad you got a 754 socket cause ill tell ya my asrock 939 rocks, and with the future technolodgy slot i can upgrade to socket 940 comes with agp and pcie onboard 8 channel sound and holds upto 4 gigs of ddr ram. and the board is only 65.00 dollars at mwave.com, and it overclocks great. i had a 3500 cpu 2.2 gig oced it to 2.7 gig, and that was with cheap ram. they say the dfi-sli board is the best for ocing, and like you im a gamer, but the asrock fit my budget better and is exactly what i need at the moment. well take care and let me know what new board you get, and yes i think for you right now onboard graphics is a smart move. dgorner