The way technology in computers is advancing, about an hour after buying your system, it will be obsolete. Ok, that's a bit of an exageration, but it has kinda happened to me. Bought an AMD AthlonXP 1500+ and an Asus A7V266-E and a few weeks later out comes the A7V333 board. Oh well, I'll hang onto my system for about a year then go out and buy the next latest and greatest CPU/mobo.
BTW, havn't had any complaints about Asus products or AMD chips....yet. So, my suggestion is just jump in with both feet and get a system that YOU think is great. Once you get it built and running, you'll feel better than the guy that went to Dell and bought a computer that was "made just for him."
GearJammer
qlm tera'ngan!
(Translated from Klingon: Attention Earther!)