well I did it. I ended up with P4 3.0 northwood core and the P4 INTEL 865PE BOXD865PERLL M/B I got 2x 512 pc 3200 memory I got all that from newegg. They where great I made use of all the reviews which helped me choose these products. spent $468 I choose the intel M/B over the asus that also came highly regarded.I need firewire and I want the 5.1 analog audio output. I also spent $200 on case ,P/S I got a Super-Flower Silent TT-450SS 450W and cooling I got a Thermaltake CL-P0024 it's like a tunnel ram the cooling fins are raised and turned on end you can mount 2 fans one pushing the other pulling and I got a 12 cm fan for the front of the box today I'm going to order grommets for the P/S and other fans. counting the 4 in the P/S I have 7 fans. that should quiet it down and only a few more bucks I think I did ok I got some good pointers from here
Let's keep related topice to the same thread shall we? This should've been posted in your original thread. Nice system too. You ought to have plenty of fun with it