What else do i need?

hard drive

A couple of questions?

Are you using the onboard audio from the MB?
The memory that you purchased, is it 2x512mb or a single stick of 1gb?
This question is important since two 512mb sticks will enable dual channel while only a single will have you single channel. Dual channel is the way to go.

Hope this helps.

Yea using the keyboard mouse from this computer... may upgrade to a better mouse, not sure

and my mobo >< doesn't support dual channel... or at least it doesn't say so... so its a single 1024 stick

and as far as sound card yea ill prolly use the onboard from ASUS i hear its pretty good

I would forgo the slot fan too and buy another stick of the exact same kind of ram. Given that your MoBo supports that current of a processor it will more than likely support Dual Channel Memory even if it is not readily apparent.

This is a pretty good bang for the buck..

Im with ches about getting 2Gb of ram for your new rig. Believe there's a big difference with it, especially with gaming application.

Do you have Artic Silver 5 non-conductive thermal paste. Don't settle with the toothpaste looking goo that comes with the product. Highly recommend you used this for you cpu and chipset. I even disassembled my grapics and applied artic silver 5 in it. It helps lot, when it comes to heat issues.

Don't forget to use an anti-static wrist strap working with your pc.

Good Luck

Actually, I did a little checking and the general consensus is that that board does not support Dual Channel Ram.

However, you may want to get a Dual Channel Kit anyway. You may perhaps upgrade to a 939 board in the future and require Dual Channel. This way you wouldn't have to worry about purchasing memory again. It wouldn't hurt to go this route even when considering new AMDs are going DDR2 this year.

Guys, would this be a bad idea?