I am planning on building a new system around the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ Socket 939 512KB processor. What motherboard would i need for this? thanks :D

Do you *need* a dual core CPU, or do you *want* one? There's a difference. If don't have the actual need for one, save yourself $250 & buy a 3200+ Venice instead...you can always upgrade to an X2 when you have an actual need. By then, the prices will have dropped & you'll be able to get a much better X2 for the same price. Have a look at DFI motherboards...either the Infinity or LANparty series ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

I know that boards with the Nforce4 SLI and Ultra chipset are compatible to the actual Athlon64 X2. About other chipsets on socket 939 pcie boards you have to check the compatibility charts on the manufacturers websites. I have an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe myself and never went wrong with Asus. If you think about doing SLI too better take the A8N-SLI Premium because that newer version of the Deluxe board allows to switch SLI on/off in the bios!

Yeah I like ASUS too, but its personal opinion. The A8V is probably a good choice, its solid has the sound and lan card on the board so you can save a few bucks at a minimal performance hit. Plus this board is OC'er friendly. "A unique option in BIOS that enables quick overclocking up to 30% (depends on CPU and RAM). It automatically detects and optimizes every relevant parameter to provide both performance and stability." So you can get that much more out of your dollar; just spec the ram moduels it supports for the 30% and plan on buying a better ( heat sink fan combo and Artic Silver - Like HSP ) sorry back to poster. All in all any mother board that supports that chip today is going to be ok, generaly ASUS has been a solid perfomer and they know what we like in terms of flexable BIOS options and ability. Why cant we put questions here?

Aghh, A touch of information was cut off there, dont look for HSP, I was putting out a suggestion that HSP become a standardized abbriviation for , HeatSink Fan and Paste. My bad. Why cant we put questions here?

Please advise the ideal motherboard (ASUS or Gigabyte) /processor/video card configuration for downloading TV and Video for running and saving? Cost will be a facture too of course, sadly. There is a 'she who must agree over finances' Bill Grates