buy an amd 2500 barton instead, youre wasting your money otherwise... you can overclock as fast as a 3000.
as for the mb, get the asus a7n8x deluxe if you need serial ata, or the abit is fine too
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Morphinoman on 08/27/03 11:29 AM.</EM></FONT></P>