My 2:
I did a fair bit of reading reviews of mobos, cpu's and HDD's before I built
my last rig and ended up with:

320W Icute 627SL case with 4,2,4 bays and one included case fan
Gigabyte 7VTXH+ mobo
AMD Athlon 1800+
512 Mb PC2100 DDRam
40Gb Maxtor 7200rpm HDD
(Still) running W98SE

According to Motherboard Monitor 5.1.0.4, the Athlon runs between 40c and
60c depending on room temperature.  It's a comfortable temperature this
evening, I'm sitting here in my shirtsleeves, and the CPU is ticking over at
46c.

This unit runs extremely well, and I've since built 3 more for customers.

PS: To anyone with a fresh system - get GOBACK.  You'll never regret it.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Warasila" > I'd like to keep the investment at about $1000 and
for that price I'd like
> to have a PC with more pizzazz than the equivalent Brand Name Model.
> Reliability is an important factor, overclocking etc. is not.
>
> Can I get some suggestions on the MOBO and CPU?
>
> Bob Warasila
>

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