Re: Choice of cpu and Mboard for new build I will soon build a lo-end pc for home. Use will be mostly garden- variety: browser, word processing, Email, etc. A tiny bit of number- crunching with a programming language. No gaming, video editing or anything extra-demanding. I haven't built a pc in about 5 years. Lots of things have changed ... I've picked up a little Antec case with 350w power supply. Major components i.e. motherboard and cpu have yet to be chosen. Budget is very, very tight. Possibility #1: Intel Celeron D 310 Prescott 2.13Ghz/FSB533 Socket 478 Retail $45.50 Retail means the heatsink/fan is included. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819112208 MSI PM8M-V Socket 478 VIA P4M800 Micro ATX Retail $44 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130519 AGP 4X/8X or use built-in graphics. 2 DDR memory slots. Realtek 10.100BT LAN chip. The Newegg reviews show only 3% gave it a poor or very poor rating. Possibility #2: http://www.ascendtech.us/itemdesc.asp?ic=DTMBMID2C28NOK INTEL D865GV S.478 W/CELERON D335 2.8GHZ $125.99 At present, I hope to use existing IDE (PATA) hard drives on the new system, and need 2 IDE channels. No SATA for the foreseeable future. Both cpu's have Prescott core? Any reason to avoid Prescott? I assume Newegg is a safe vendor. Anyone have experience with Ascendtech? Circuit City has Kingston 512MB PC3200/2700/2100 DDR SDRAM Desktop Memory on sale for $20 (after rebate). I'm thinking 2 of those ... Anybody evaluated Socket 478 P4 vs. Celeron for price/performance? Any/all help/ideas/considerations would be much appreciated. Cheers, Peetie Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com