[RAF_Magpie]

I've had a few MSI Mobo's in the past, they all died weird and unexplainable deaths. Had good friends with MSI GPU's and they also did the same thing - for no real explanation. Now only buy ASUS and Gigabyte. I would suggest, as with Jarmo, the second set up, but with the first Mobo, the Gigabyte...

If you can push your budget slightly more I would suggest going for the 9600 GPU as well