[moshen]

i just saw this.. lol..

based on what you said you were going to use the pc for; i'll post some parts for ya real quick.

Asus nForce2 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "A7N8X-X" -RETAIL - $72.99
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...131-468&depa=1

AMD Athlon XP 3000+ "Barton", 400 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - OEM - $199
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...103-394&depa=1

POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON 9600 128MB DDR DVI+CRT+TV 8X AGP RETAIL - $125 (fanless video )
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...pa=1&section=3

and a heatink/fan for the CPU... thermalright slk-700 ($29.99) and a panaflo 21db fan ($6.99)
http://www.svc.com/pan80.html
http://www.svc.com/thersl.html

that should get you started... i'll post some more recommendations tomorrow. (for ram, HD, DVD, case, power supply etc...)

this is a mid-range compy... for not too much more you can build a low-end athlon 64 machine or a P4 machine.