[Madmartagen]

I know there might be a couple of threads about this, but its my turn now. Im looking to build a nice gaming rig and wanted some opinions.

I got about $1500 to spend, but im willing to go around $200 more if it makes the performance better.

I dont know whether to go with two Gforce 6600 GTs or an ATI card. I have a Radeon 9800 Pro now, but its not gonna run Doom3 or HL2. Some friends of mine swear by the Nvidia cards.

Im going with 1G of corsair XMS low latency Ram and i already picked my CD/DVD drives, speakers and Sound card.

I havent a clue as to what mobo or processor i should use. Im leaning towards an AMD but i could go for an Intel, i really dont know how to shop for a mobo and cpu.

im not gonna go for a water cooling system now, but if anyone can recommend some good case and cpu fans, i would appreciate it.

thx for the help, and im open to all kinds of advice.