Thanks for the help guys I finally bought it!!

[Triforceofcourage]

I finally bit the bullet and bought all of the parts.
Thanks for your help in helping me decide.
I ended up getting
Asus 865PE mobo
P4 2.8C
Crucial PC3200 Ram 512
Maxtor 120 sata 8meg cache
Gigabyte 9600 Pro
Antec Lanboy case
Liteon DVD/CDRW drive

New egg even threw in 5 blank DVD's which is pretty cool

Triforce

 

[Regs]

Wow, what was your old system?

Either way, im sure your not going to be displeased with that set up.

 

[MrSnatcher]

Cool, newegg gave you dvd's, I just spent over $1500 with them and they didnt give me any dvd's. ah well

 

[Triforceofcourage]

My old setup was a:
P3 533
128 pc133 ram
Voodoo 5 5500
20 gig maxtor drive
4x hp cd/rw

So I think i am in for a nice performance boost
You guys rock I got so much information from the boards I feel like
I should send in tuition money. hehe

Triforce

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
My old setup was a:
P3 533
128 pc133 ram
Voodoo 5 5500
20 gig maxtor drive
4x hp cd/rw

So I think i am in for a nice performance boost
You guys rock I got so much information from the boards I feel like
I should send in tuition money. hehe

Triforce

Yes you are. You did remember to buy the 512 MB as two 256 MB sticks, right?

 

[Triforceofcourage]

No, I bought one 512 stick but plan on buying another 512 later on when I am not as broke

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
No, I bought one 512 stick but plan on buying another 512 later on when I am not as broke

You need to have two DIMMs to feed your dual channel memory and 800 Mhz bus, or you'll be severely lacking in performance. In other words, you essentially wasted money on a 2.8c. So I would return the one DIMM and get twin pairs of 256, or bite the bullet and get another 512 MB DIMM now.