Please take a look at my list

[moto]

this will be my first build, my budget is $1000, i dont wana spend more then that unless few bucks more or so.

Right now its comes out to be $1,068. gota cut down, I think its the motherboard Sli

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $166 ((((( i really dont need sli )))0
other on mind which are good too
DFI lan party
epox 9npa+ ultra
asus a8n vm csm
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=29&threadid=1639727&enterthread=y

eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $299

Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply - Retail $99
(((( please recommended me one which is good, i dont know bout thi))))

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - Retail $323
or should i go with opteron 165 better stable and overclockin , right at the moment i dont need to overclock.

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System
COMBO
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500SD 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard
Drive - OEM (((( i am not sure if i should get OEM hardrive ))))

case willin to go with Lian lib cz airflow, quiet, , although for budget i gotta go with other case.

[jayb1234]

Switch the PSU to this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103931) one. The one you listed is a server PSU. case: Look at the Antecs, there are several nice ones available without PSUs OS: This (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102059) will do unless you need some specific feature of XP Pro. HD: OEM is fine there Motherboard: You listed an SLI board. You only need that if you are planning on running two video cards. Overkill and a waste of money for almost everyone. Drop down to the non-SLI version. ASUS would be best. HD: Get the SE version of that drive or look at the 16Mb cache drive. This (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144701)would be a good choice. Floppy Drive: Likely to be needed during setup and handy to have for diagnostics, bios updates, system recovery etc.. Optical Drives: Liteon has some nice dual layer CD/DVD burners that come with the burning software and a couple with the Lightscribe feature.

[moto]

thanks , so which motherboard should i go with theN?
Asus which model,
oh ya i forgot to mention the floopy drive, i ll be getting mitsumi $7.99
For dvd/rw/ i got that already. also soundcard, monitor, and speakers.

[jayb1234]

One of the ASUS A8 boards without sli would be fine, get the ATX size and the nvidia chipset, and onboard video if you want that. This (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131530)one should be good.

[moto]

what if i want to overclock later on the use, i hear its not good for overclockin, its a solid reliability and longevity motherboard.

[moto]

Also wanted to know do u have to buy thermale cooler for the processor or does it come with it?? and another question is bout the processor does it come with paste that u have to put .

[flanzig1]

If you buy the retail package of the CPU that you want, it comes with a HSU. The retail HSU are OK for mild OC.
As for buying OEM HDs, that's the cheapest way to go. And you generally get cables for HD with the mobo.