[FthrJACK]

yep, check some of the reviews for it out

as for the KT3 Ultra-ARU ---- has anyone found a uk site selling th
is?

[Hudson-Manx]

I am upgrading my machine at the moment, I decided on a Asus A7V333 with Raid, 6 Channel audio and 1394 port. for processor I went for a Athlon XP 2000+ , Corsair DDR2700 memory.

Fthrjack is right AMD is a more cost effective way to go, and in most cases out performs the Pentium 4 and leaves it for dead.

AMD gets my vote everytime!!

[Conan]

If you read the latest CPU benchmarks, AMD no longer outperforms the Northwood P4. They are however a better choice valuewise if you compare pricing.

[zipp51]

I have an Abit KA-7 100,an Abit KG7 Raid,and an Epox 8K7a+,that I tinker with.You can get these older boards cheap and have good performance.The KA-7 100 is an Athlon Classic board that is limited to a stock 1GHZ slot type cpu(I overclocked an 800 to 1GHZ w/goldfinger device)However the other 2 boards can be had for under $100.00 and with a bios flash from the manufacturer's website will allow you to slap a AMD xp 1900+ processor on them and both boards are overclocking friendly if you are into that stuff.Intel products are probably good also but I just can't afford the namesake Good Luck.....................Zipp

[Jay_Stealth]

i would personally go with amd as i think they are better than p4's. also if you want to pay loadsa money wait for the amd 2.8 gig like i am. amd's are simple and they are a good range of high quality boards available. as mentioned check out tomshardware and overclockers etc.