man, how do you have the patience to deal with multiple website orders? i'd go a bit out of my way to go to a physical store and get all my stuff from there. websites may be nice to get things shipped to you from, but if you've got to return something or have a warranty honored suddenly it gets much harder.

i cant go with the nforce4 boards cause i need an agp cause i just bought a 9800 pro a couple of weeks ago so thats poo

oh this is great, the board that i was going to buy a DFI nforce3 ultra with an agp slot is gone out of newegg i cant find, wats with this! wow
this is just great i have to find a new mobo

There are several good choices in that range.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128286
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131541
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127181

On the contrary, I have found newegg's RMAs very easy to deal with and in fact have not had a single fuss-n-muss situation, of which I have had several in brick and mortar stores. Online when submitting an RMA there is no arguing; it's issued and you mail the product off, right from my home. When I actually go into the store, aside from having to produce receipts, serial numbers, identification and credit cards, as well as signing this and that and having to deal with customer anti-service, it is very frustrating having to "reason" my way into a return. I don't need nor want to tell the customer rep why I want to return it.

i wasn't specifically referring to newegg, but your point is valid. i suppose it comes down to our respective experiences. for me the big difference is that most small local shops will order parts that you want to buy, unlike websites. i can go in with a list of what i want and they will provide it, so my choice isn't limited to whatever they have in stock. if newegg doesn't have the part you want, they aren't going to stock one just for you.

i want a mobo, with a nvidia chipset,

the msi k8n neo2 is among the highest performance boards around, comes loaded with features, and uses the nforce3 and therefore has an agp8x port.

im looking at an epox nforce 3 ultra with an agp slot

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813123230

did i alreayd put this up?

i would suppose its better then an nforce3

refer to the msi website for detalied information on the k8n neo2 and what flavors exist. in a benchmarking/review of some athlon64 boards, thg found the highest overall benchmark performance and value with the k8n neo2, and it was up against other nforce4 boards. it's in thier motherboards&ram section, and was posted some months ago. the bottom line is: if you want an a64 system with an agp graphics card, the msi k8n neo2 is the board to get.

btw > epox generally makes lower quality products and consequently they are often lower in performance. given the cost of said msi board ($120 USD), it doesn't make much sense to get a different (and lower quality) board.

whoops, im getting this board no matter what you guys sau
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-NF3ULTD&src=fr
you know you guys know this board is good

im supposed to build a comp for about 450 dollars for a class. it doesnt need power for gaming its for an older teacher who is going to use it for basic comp skills such as internet and storing pictures of her grandchildren. what do i need?

Motherboard $57.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128045

Processor $50.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103029

Memory $45.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211064

Hard Drive $57.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136075

Case & Power Supply $60.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147030

DVD Burner $37.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106055

Floppy Drive $12.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16821103203

Mouse and Keyboard $29.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823109156

Operating System $90.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116056

The total from here and up is roughly $437.00

Monitor $180.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009091

Grand total is roughly $617.00

If you really need to stay around $450.00 with monitor then you might want to buy a Dell or something.

she doesnt want a dvd burner so it should all b good ty

You will need something to load the OS and the price difference between a CD-ROM and a DVD burner is small while the funtional diference is huge.

ok thank you. im hopeless at this... o well ill figure it out thank you so much for explaining this all 2 me