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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grendel" data-source="post: 183738" data-attributes="member: 1350">Re: Some advice from a Hardware God...I could not agree more.  I always go Pentium/ Intel combo has much better driver/windows support. AMD makes a great chip and the Athalons are cheap, but VIA make turds. I haven't heard much about boards based on the NForce or AMD chipset yet so they might be better, but its the evil you know vs. the evil you don't.There are lots of reputable vendors out there, i recomend visiting <a href="http://www.pricewatch.com" target="_blank">www.pricewatch.com</a> for the best prices on components, try to get most items from a single source to reduce shipping costs. heavy items (like cases, and monitors) should usually be bought locally, as the shipping cost will eat up the savings.I disagree, i can barely play  some of my games under win2k, they rock under win98. I am about to test on winXP to see how it performs, then i will be able to make a better judgement. However, I have a friend that moved form win2k to winXP on a celeron 450 (OC) and did not notice a performance hit it at all. It is my belief that any performance hit will be on a per instance basis and will not be noticable on a high end machine anyway.I agree 100%You can't tell someone to buy the cheapest processor motherboard combo that you know will have compatibilty issue and tell them to build it themselves.If you are building it yourself and its your first project buy a PENTIUM processor and an INTEL based motherboard. It will make things go so much easier, sure it is a little more expensive but you it is better to get what you pay for than to pay for what you get.I don't have a problem with AMD processors, they are great, and i do have a machine with an athalon, but the VIA tech chipset is CRAP, it has compatibility issue with just about anything you will put in your computer. You will spend more time reading through news groups and hunting for beta patches than you do building the machine. If you do go with an Athalon try to find a motherboard based in the SiS or AMD chipsets.</blockquote>

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