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Need help picking MB and other parts

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Pinkpig

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Hello All..

Im trying to build a cheap AMD system for my freind. She doesnt do much gaming, so a motherboard with integrated video would be preferred. So far im looking at abit nf7-m, abit va-10, asus a7v8-xmx, epox 8kmm3i and albatron km18g pro 2.0.
This is my first time building a machine and picking parts for it

Those were a couple of motherboards that i can find with integrated video on newegg.com
I need some help on picking which one =).
So far i have:

1 stick of PNY 512mb DDR333 ram.
Western digital 80gb
lite-on cd-rw

I havent bought the CPU yet, but im looking at the
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ "Thoroughbred" 266 FSB, 256K Cache Processor - Retail from newegg.

Also how big of a power supply do i need? i see some cases come with around 300W power supply, is that enough? and as long as it says it supports AMD then the connectors match up right??

any help or suggestions on helping me build this machine would be great!!!.

Thanks
Laura
 
I would go with the abit nf7-m or albatron km18g pro 2.0. Both use the Nforce chipset, which I think is better. The Abit board is full sized and the albatron is a micro-atx. I would go with the Abit board. The Albatron does have the integrated tv-out, but you will probably never use it.

300W should be enough. Especially if you are using integrated video.
 
im going to get the NF7-m from newegg.com

i read a review from this person and he said
Bought this mobo to build a cheap office PC for my mom. Paired it with a T-Bred 2600+ and had a helluva time getting up and running. The 300W Enlight power supply that came with the case didn't even have enough juice to get the thing to boot - put in a 350W Enermax, problem #1 solved. Then Windows XP Pro wouldn't install, kept getting BSOD's with memory errors - swapped out the Crucial PC2700 for Kingston HyperX PC2700, problem #2 solved. After spending xxx more than initially planned, this thing ran like a champ... fast and stable.

Be sure of two things before buying this board:
1) Power supply pushes at least 15A on the 12V rail.
2) Use top-quality RAM (GEIL, Kingston, Mushkin, OCZ, etc).
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What does he mean by 15A and 12V rail?? i want to get this case
LINK

would that work??
 
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