Want to build not sure what to buy....please help!!!!!

[Ravven]

I have been reading these boards for a while and doing my research and finally decided to build my own system. I want to spend under $800. Already have monitor. I know I want to overclock but don't know what board and cpu I should get. I'm guessing T-bird and don't know about board. Every site I visit has a different recommendation. This is what else I want to put in it:

Plextor 16/10/40 CD-RW
All-in-Wonder Radeon 32 MB
Want to use SD RAM not DDR
don't know about sound card, something decent
DiamondMax 40 gig 7200 RPM

Could you all please give me some suggestions

Thanks

 

[Boonesmi]

you wont go wrong if you use:
motherboard: epox 8kta3 www.newegg.com around $95
ram: crucial pc133 unbuffered, non parity, cas2 at www.crucial.com around $60 for 256mhb
you can use the onboard sound, but i would disable it and buy a $20 sound card based on the yamaha chipset

i know you said you wanted sdr ram not the new ddr stuff, but.....
if you do decide you want ddr the epox 8k7a is a good ddr mobo and only $120 and ddr ram is about the same price as pc133 ram at crucial.