[George27]

This will be the first rig that I am building. This isn't going to be used for gaming or any OC needed and I'd like to keep it as inexpensive as possible. If it wasn't for the inability to play high resolution vid files the Intel P3 that I'm using now is enough for my needs.

I haven't had a need to flash the bios since upgrading to XP. Is a floppy drive still necessary for this?

So far this is my choice of the components I've selected, if there are any incompatibilities would you point them out please. TIA

ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131569

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103533

3D Fuzion 3DFR66256X Geforce 6600 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814143068

Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820141437

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200JS 120GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144414

Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 for AMD & Intel systems Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811129155

LITE-ON Black 16X DVD recorder
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827106015

[rendrag]

since you won't be playing games, that PC would work fine.

You wouldn't need a floppy drive because your motherboard will support booting directly from a CD, so pop in your XP or whatever OS you're installing and go to town

good luck

[puntoMX]

You are picking some outdated parts.

I would go for a 7300GT 256MB video card and an AMD AM2 processor with board. The 120GB drives have almost the same price as the 160 and 250GB drives so check that out, never could be bad to have some extra space these days.

Need help with picking those components then just tell us. Also if you need it cheap, you could go for a Sempron as well.