One thing that would help.......
VIDEO CARD....... (Its really hard to tell what your doing without one
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Dont get a motherboard with on-board video.... (They suck in my opinion)
Another this is CPU.......
AMD is a "good" chip BUT as with everything else...... It cant compete with the Pentium 4......
Granted... The P4 is more expensive... But well worth it....
Take a look at what tomshardware said about AMDs new XP3200.
"The Athlon XP 3200+ has laid claim to the title of "Fastest Desktop CPU." But in reality, though, it is something entirely different: the mighty value champ has degraded into a pusillanimous paper tiger. Although, our testing engineers only found fault with the aggressive model-numbering system.
The benchmark tests, on the other hand, leave no room for doubt: XP 2800+ would have been a more realistic label for the processor, which wouldn't have been a problem for anyone, if AMD still wants to go toe-to-toe with Intel's P4. But the 3200 label is much too aggressive - especially since Intel will be introducing an increased FSB clock for its lower-clocked P4 CPUs."
Just my opinion on the matter.