[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the note !

That is what I had been reading, that the AMD processors were outperforming the P4 and were less money!

Any thoughts on the dual processor boards?

I have been doing a little reading on that!

MSI seems to have a new one with a review here:

MSI K7 Master Dual CPU AMD 762 MPX Chipset Motherboard Review

[Paul C. Jesup]

You got good taste. Just note, I suggest you get Windows 2000 Professional. W2K Pro was designed to run dual processor motherboard and can run up to 4G's Ram. And make sure this motherbroad supports a comstumizable bus speed and a CPU bus speed that goes upto at least 166 x 10 (1666) that is the bus speed of the 2000 XP AMD CPU.

By the way, how much does this thing cost?

Also, I suggest you either wait for the 2000 XP AMD Processor to come to market or buy the motherbroad now, with two Duron 1200 CPU, they are really cheap.

Here is a comparison of the AMD Duron 1200 CPU and Intel Celeron 1300: Intel vs. AMD Celeron 1300 vs. Duron 1200

One other thing, you might want to wait before you buy some DDR Ram, it has double in price since I bought some a month ago. I bought 2 sticks of 256 Megs of 266 Mhz Ram for $40.00 a price. Now the same DDR Ram for $80.00 dollars each. Also, when you buy Ram make sure it is 184 pin 266 Mhz DDR Ram. By the way, Kingston (I think that is spelled right) does make a 1 gig stick of DDR Ram.

I suggest you wait till Febuary, when computer hardware comes way down in price, before you buy most of your computer hardware.

Building a computer is not hard, just read the motherbroad manual before you try to build it.

And finally, make sure ALL the computer hardware and software you buy, is under warranty.