So the final stats on my first build...

[killthenakedcat]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Socket AM2 Black Edition

ABIT KN9 SLI NVIDIA Socket AM2 (940) ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / SLI Ready / Dual Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA / RAID

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT Silent Running / 512MB DDR2 / SLI Ready / PCI Express / DVI / VGA / HDTV / Video Card

OCZ Platinum Revision-2 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 x 1024MB)

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case


now I need a fan for my cpu as well...ahh what fan to get...cheap fan please?

 

[r_moore04]

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro

i have the intel version and its really gd

 

[killthenakedcat]

alright so I'm picking that up and I shud have it built by next friday I guess...

 

[Steemax]

Sweet!, I always find it fun when putting together a computer.. and that intense rush when first booting it up.. is it gonna boot omg!? but anyway you can also try the Zalman 9700nt if its 4 pin connector on your mobo or do the 9700 full copper one. as moore recommanded the Arctic coolers are fantastic coolers.