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Thanks I must've overlooked that biostar motherboard. Also upgraded the hard drive and psu and still under 400.

For my sister and nephew. Budget - 400$ after tax and shipping purchase date - within the next few weeks system useage - light stuff (music, browsing, homework, flash games, some video playback) parts not required - mouse, keyboard, OS, monitor, speakers, printer preferred site - wherever...

Does anyone have this case or one similar to it? I can't figure out how to take off the front panel..I tried pulling on it but I don't want to pull on it too hard and break something

okay well i only have one optical drive so that leaves room for one more IDE item which will be my extra hard drive.. i have 2 other hard drives installed already using the other IDE cable..so I went and set the hard drive as a slave and plugged it into the IDE cord that goes to my optical and...

thanks for the suggestions. I had a question too. Is it worth it to go with SATA II harddrives or should I just stick with SATA150. The mobo I chose has SATA II support. Also that motherboard says it only has 1 IDE support. Does that mean I won't be able to use a DVD-RW and DVD-Rom at the same time?

okay so this is my very first time building a computer. my budget is roughly 1200USD. the last 2 days or so i've been spending look at peoples opinions, website opinions and from what other people have purchased and their report on how it worked out. anyway here's what i got so far all i need...