OT: If You Were Going To Build A New PC

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Limit your funds to say $500.00

I want to build a nice Intel P4 system, 3.0ghz but I don't know what type of CPU to get other than I know that I do not want a celeron. What type of memory to buy for the cpu type and why. What is the best motherboard to get for a P4 3.0 ghz CPU and the memory that best works with that CPU.

I want to rebuild my blue box, and that does mean getting a new case. I want a case that is 450 watts, and has superb cooling.

I already have the HD and the drives that I am going to use along with the Sound Card.

I also was wondering... my old PII 400 died and I recently picked up a working P2 400 HP... and I want to put my old HD into the working p2 but I cannot find my 98 disk. So I guess I will have to swap out Power supplies to see if that was what killed the old P2. I don't know... I should just take all of the old parts and put them into the blue box and toss the old tower. Then keep the new p2 and use it as a server or something..... Choices.