Well with Christmas coming around my father and I want to build a new computer. Many of the people at the LAN parties I

Good parts bro! If I were you I would consider spending 50 more on a 19 inch that takes up the same real estate as a 17..and definitely a SB2 sound card.On board audio uses the cpu....or at least it did at one time. You wouldn't want that extra cpu horsepower being foolishly wasted on sound instructions....trust me.MikeNEW EGG does rock!P4 2.4C @3.44 285FSBAsus P4C800 Deluxe1gb Corsair XMS PC3500 Asus V9950 FX5900 Ultra 256mb 500/950SB Audigy2 Platinum ExWatercooled baby!!!Pics: http://community.webshots.com/user/chksix2002

That is about the same spec as mine, its nice! An I agree with Mike, A 19" would be better.

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Keep the onboard sound with the Nforce2, look at some of the revies at www.tomshardware.com. It was BEST onboard audio, I have it and it sounds great. If I disable it i see zero performance increase. Not worth spending more money on an SB2.