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Well, it's finally time for a new system, and I already have most things pretty well decided...case, hard disk, DVD-RW, etc, but I'm at a loss for mobos and CPUs. I've been out of the loop too long. :(

I'm looking for a cool, quiet, and stable rig, so I have been considering a P4. Good idea? Should I pony up the cash for the new socket type? Who makes good Intel boards? (I already have favorite AMD board makers...Asus and Abit in particular)
 
What's your budget and do you plan on overclocking?

If I were to buy a board and cpu today I would still get exactly what I have, with faster ram for overclocking.
 
No overclocking. I want cool, quiet, and stable.

My budget is flexible, but lets say under $1,000 for the whole box.
 
ABIT IC7-G -$134
P4 3.0ghz (northwood) - $199
Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - $173
EVGA 128mb 6800 - $285
Antec Sonata - $95.99
Antec 480 watt Neopower - $115

All from newegg, $1002. Almost better than my own setup :(

EDIT: shit im drunk, fogot all about the cd/dvdrw and hdd. disreguard this post. :(
 
$94.99 Case- ANTEC Black Performance Series II SOHO File Server Tower ATX Case with 400W Power Supply, Model "SX1040BII"

$57.88 DVD/RW- Sony 8X DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model DWU18A Black, OEM Bulk Pack

$6.50 Floppy Drive- Samsung Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model SFD321B/LBL1, OEM Drive Only

$83.00 120Gig HD- Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB, OEM Drive Only

$9.00 Keyboard- Logitech DeluxePlus branded with Logitech, Model "967362-0403" -OEM

$10.00 Optical Mouse- Logitech Premium Optical Wheel Mouse USB / PS/2 -OEM

$127.00 Cas 2-2-2-5 512MB ram- pqi TURBO Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - OEM

$109.00 17" Monitor- MAG InnoVision 772PFb 17" Pure Flat CRT Monitor RETAIL

$102.00 Motherboard- MSI "K8N Neo-FSR" NVIDIA nForce3 250GB Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 754 CPU -RETAIL

$161.00 CPU- AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor - Retail

$285 Video Card- GIGA-BYTE nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP, Model "GV-N68128DH" -RETAIL

This comes out to a grand total of $1045.37 Of course you can substitute some better components for cheaper ones and save some $. This rig would allow you to do pretty much anything a pc can do... fast. All of these prices come from New Egg and are currently in stock. I hope this helps you.
 
^^^

That does help. I'm looking for something sans keyboard/mouse and monitor. I like the one's I've got. (and the box will go on my KVM setup anyway)

I was planning on spending more on the hard disk and other things anyway, so it will probably balance out.
 
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