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/messagev...&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 one. The one you listed is a server PSU.

case: Look at the Antecs, there are several nice ones available without PSUs

OS: This 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 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 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.