Looking at getting the following system. Just after feedback and which Mobo would be the best of the two..

1 x NEC generic Midi-ATX case inc 300watt PSU

1 x Epox 8K3A M/B (6 x PCI, 3 x DDR, ATA-133 support, support for 4 x USB 1.1 optional <2 x USB 1.1 as standard>, on board AC97 audio)

OR MSI KT3 Ultra M/B (5 x PCI, 3 x DDR, ATA-133 support, support for 4 x USB 1.1 using included D-Bracket, on board AC97 audio).

1 x AMD Athalon XP 1800+ CPU w/ Titan Flower HSF

1 x 256MB Kingmax or equivilant PC2700 DDR SDRAM


1 x Sparkle GF3Ti200-DV128 (128MB DDR , TV/DVI OUT) AGP VGA card

1 x Seagate Baracuda IV 80GB IDE HDD, 2MB Cache, 8.9ms seek, 7200RPM, ATA-100, w/G-Force Protection


1 x LiteOn LTR4012 40x12x48 CDRW inc Nero Burning ROM


1 x Netcomm Internal 56KBps PCI modem

try getting a tower with a wattage of 375 or higher