🚀 go-pugleaf

Make sure you get the Asus K7M motherboard.

It is far and away the best Athlon board currently available.

It is worth looking around for, even if you have to order it from
interstate.

Lears

Ken <mcclane2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:80j944$ek5$1@arachne.labyrinth.net.au...
> Alright im 90% sure im going to get an Athlon 500. Just a few last checks
> before i go and spend my hard earned cash.....
>
> 1) Ive heard that some software (very vague as to what software) may not
be
> compatible with the Athlon. I dont personally believe this to be true. Has
> anyone run into problems or have heard of any problems with software
> compatability?
>
> The stuff that i will be mainly doing on my comp is games (halflife,
> starcraft type games) some web stuff like homepage maintenance, learning
to
> do some graphics editing, hopefully getting into composing music (ie
> cakewalk guitar studio. yeah i know, but i cant play the synth....yet!!).
Of
> course i will have the standard stuff like win98, ms office.....
>
> 2) Is it easy to build? what sort of things do i need to be aware of when
i
> put it all together? ive got a friend whos put together intel machines
> before...is it the same? or are there some differences that i have to be
> careful of?
>
> thanks
> ken
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