> > - Abit KV8 Pro
>
> Using it, love it, K8T800 Pro chipset on a nice board. Very customizable, very
> stable, PCI/AGP lock rocks. Not for the VIA haters, but performance between
> latest VIA (K8T800 Pro) and NVidia (NForce 250 GB) is margin-of-error difference
> as far as I can tell and the boards are rock-steady. Best to stay away from
> older K8T800 and NForce 150 chipset based boards, I think.
>
> > I'm assuming 512/1GB of PC3200 will be fine? I've been looking at a brand
> called
> > GeIL which is cheaper than the kingstons etc.
>
> I'm running 2 x 512MB Corsair Value Select PC3200 CAS2.5 at the moment. Good
> stable ram, not very overclockable, but I got some good timings out of it incl.
> 1T command.
>
> > I've already got the CPU added to the shopping cart (AMD Athlon 64 3000). For
> > gfx I'm going to stick in my FX5200 128MB for the time being. I'll upgrade
> that
> > later when I get a better job :)
>
> Hey, cool, same proc I've got!
>
> I picked up a Radeon 9800 Pro when I built my sys, but I think the GeForce
> 6600GT is actually getting close to available now, and it's going to be in the
> same price range.
> Something to consider, perhaps :)
>
> Edit - something else maybe to consider is that very soon some cheap Socket 939
> Athlon 64 3000+ and 3200+ are going to be available, and S939 certainly has a
> better future than S754, even if there's not that big of a performance delta.
>
> -nZero
>
>