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Yeah, tired of being on a single-core socket 462 AMD 2600+ machine with an AGP x8 slot and DDR-400 ram...

Sooooooo...

MoBo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128376
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231226

I plan on getting those three parts above within a week or so, a PCI-e GPU and case from a friend, and moving some stuff from the current main computer over to it. Will be installing Vista Ult. SP1 X64 onto it.

While using that, I will be putting money back for the rest of th efollowing:

GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102810
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256012
OS HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148231
Media HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
Optical - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151173
Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Any thoughts on my to-grow-as-I-go build? (Other than the AM2+ vs AM3 future.)

Bleagh, just can't stand pre-builds and the shoddy parts used. not to mention they're usually locked and make OC'ing a pain if not impossible about.

Anyways, I ended up ordering the following:

MoBo - GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition
RAM - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL6D-4GBNQ
HDD - Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
PSU - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V
Optical - SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F
CPU HS - XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

I'm holding off on a GPU for DX11 ones to come out, and will get this case later:

Case - COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower

My brain just died.

The brain is not green, it is gray. I have to agree with you though, my brain just fried. I didn't know you can build machines...