Well interesting i use Athlon processors for my clients , They are great cpu's for the money One place where you can get AMD REcommended motherboards is at AMD's Website for more info. www.AMD.com Shuttle and Microstar, Asus, Fic are some of the companies i have used for amd cpu's. other notable websites for info Well this forum here is good place to start to get info so go ahead and post your questions someone wil give you feed back, or you can try the following sites: And your questions on cases just because the motherboard is microatx doesn't mean you have to get a micro case. You can get a mid tower ATX Case which can support both ATX and Micro ATX motherboards, You should get a case with minimum 300 Watt power supply for these new processors and motherboards. www.Tomshardware.com www.motherboard.org Abel Celestin Jr. Select Solutions Pc Repairs ,upgrades,sales The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com