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**Praetor** · 08-06-2004, 12:50 AM

1. Regarding the motherboard, you'll find that an nForce2 board will give you a lot more performance and bang-for-buck (its more expensive but not horribly so).

2. Regarding the CPU, i think you'll probably want to get a "normal" AthlonXP or at least a mobile one running off the 333Mhz FSB.

3. Good call on the video card although I think the GFX5500 can be had for quite cheap and has more performance

4. As for gaming, you'll definitely want at least 512MB

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Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 19,946	1. Regarding the motherboard, you'll find that an nForce2 board will give you a lot more performance and bang-for-buck (its more expensive but not horribly so). 2. Regarding the CPU, i think you'll probably want to get a "normal" AthlonXP or at least a mobile one running off the 333Mhz FSB. 3. Good call on the video card although I think the GFX5500 can be had for quite cheap and has more performance 4. As for gaming, you'll definitely want at least 512MB __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI