Figured out the setup for my computer im building.

Already have the case and 480 watt power supply.

Motherboard- Asus “A7N8X” NForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU $84

CPU- AMD Athlon xp2600 “Barton”, 333 MHz FSB, 512K Cache Processor $90

Memory- Kingston HyperX Series Dual-Kits 184 PIN, 512 MB (256MBx2) DDR PC2700 $122

Video Card- Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT Video Card, 128 MB DDR, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8x AGP, Model “Atlantis Radeon 9600XT” $149

Hard Drive- Western Digital Special Edition 80 GB 7200 RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD800JB $67

Whitey all those prices are from newegg but if you happen to find any lower let me know.

here is a thought :1320:

all depends on what you are building the computer for…

decent setup, IMO AMD blows and so does 333FSB

AMD is better for people ona tight pudget such as i.

Computer is for average gaming nothing hardcore diablo 2, CS, Farcry, and maybe doom 3 but if i decide to play that im gonna buy a Radeon 9800 Pro

AMD is alright, but I heart Intel.

i heart intel too but intel>my money

barton > *

YOu can over clock the fuck out of those chips air cooled. All the 2600-3000 are are 2500 chipsets over clocked a little more. YOu can air cool a 2500 overlclocked to a 3000 easy. My buddy has his over clocked pretty good, arounda 3100 speed.

overclocking is for the weak… buying a beefy processor and beefy motherboard is where its at. i am still contemplating building my 3.2ghz intel p4 800mhz FSB w/ hyperthreading then running 4 150gb SATA drives…

doubt im going to be doing any overclocking

I have that mobo in my newly born raid server. It is a badass mobo.

good cuz i just ordered it last night:)

changed my mind on processor i am now going with this :

AMD Athlon XP 3200+ “Barton”, 400MHz FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail