First off. Many THANKS to all the posters. I have no experience with hardware. I used to test software and have been out of work for awhile. I've used this community to put together my list.

I live in Mass. and will be getting AT&T broadband cable modem. Right now I use 56.6 phone modem which S@#$!

With the setup below I need to purchase or lease the cable modem. Will I also need a network card? I don't think so but I read somewhere that I might on the google groups.


Thanks for help,
Steve

P4 1.8A Northwood
Abit IT7
Samsung DDR PC2700 512K
WD Special Edition Cavier 80G
Matrox 450 (I just surf and do Photoshop)
TDK CDRW Velo
still undecided on the case (any suggestions always welcome)

Nope, the IT7 has onboard lan.

<i><font color=blue>LAN</font color=blue>
. On board Realtek 8100B single chip Ethernet controller interface
. 10/100Mb Operation
. User friendly driver included</i>

<A HREF="http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjsp/english/pt_main_back.jsp?pPRODUCT_TYPE=MotherBoard&pMODEL_NAME=IT7" target="_new">Specs</A>
<A HREF="http://www17.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q3/020708/i845e-02.html#abit_it7_long_live_progress" target="_new">THG Review</A>


- What do you want to feel today?

beware, they may try to tell you that you need a 3com nic, which isn't true.

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