CPU / Motherboard

[kop442000]

Hi guys,

Am going to start my first self-build.

I have a few components I can take from another machine; soundcard, Harddrive etc... and I already have monitor and printer.

My main concern it what kind of CPU and Motherboard to buy. I am not going to be anything special with the PC. No games or anything. Primarily surfing, but put quite a bit of music on there too.

I guess I want a computer that is "pretty good" but not too expansive, and want to decide a CPU / Motherboard for my starting point.

Someone suggested AMD Athlon 64Bit 3000 - what do you guys think?

Many thanks in advance,
Kop442000

[kop442000]

When I said expansive, I meant expensive sorry!

[Raptor]

You should make your choice depending on what other hardware you have and on how much you are willing to spend.  

The hardware you allready have should not become a bottleneck to the processing power both mainboard and CPU are capable of.