After 5+ years of a machine that I've just been swapping parts out here and there (see sig for final build), I'm finally buying a new machine. Problem is there are so many options now, I'm looking at all this going DUH!

Got a general idea of what I want, however I'm looking at recommendations for AMD AM2+ board that supports the Phenom chip. I've been reading some of the reviews on some of the boards and Gigabyte boards have been having issues with literally burning up. So I want to stay away from those but what about DFI, Abit, Asus, Foxxcon, Elitegroup, MSI?  Biostar is a no-go as well.

Elitegroup I know some many think are at the low end of the spectrum but I've had three of them and have had pretty good luck with them in the past. My Voodoo system and Kryo II system are still up and running with 2400+ cpu's and DDR so that's cool.

Foxxcon I've heard are also at the bottom however DFI and Asus seem to be at the top and are demanding top dollar for the boards as well (179.00 US$). Sooooo I guess I'm wondering what's in the middle of the pack that you guys may be running or have ran that seem to be more solid then others either in current configs or machines that you've had?

This will be running XP, and I've already order the 3870x2 vid card from here. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121228

i have near the same
i use a Gigabyte GA-MA790x-DS4

it use the 790x chipset and have a 8pin v12 for CPU Power and CF support (8+8only!)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128075


if i buy a mainboard i use
Gigabyte or Asus
epox no longer exist

Thanks guys! After looking at the Gigabyte boards that were starting on fire, they were the lower models so I went with Exxe's choice of a Gigabyte board.

The rest of the components that are now on the way:

Phenom 9550 chip
ASUS 3870X2 Radeon
GeIL 4 gig DDR2 8500 dual channel kit (2x2gig)
two Seagate Barracuda 7200 250g drives
ASUS Xonar 7.1 PCI-E 1x sound card
ASUS DVD burner
Samsung DVD player

That's it so far. Probably going to get a case locally here since shipping is 20$ from newegg and I can pick out one right then and there.

I'm probably missing something but I'll get that figure out once I get everything here and start to put it together.