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thanks, thats a lot of good info to know, +rep

likei said, i'll be buying the pieces with each paycheck, not all at once. I recently heard of the PCI express, so that kinda gave me doubts but in anycase, i'm getting my new monitor, keyboard and mose first....thats taking up about a months work (i'm getting the monitor on thursday)....after that point, i'm not so sure anymore. i was planning to get the new motherboard and videocard, buuuuuuuuut, i don't know now... i guess i'll buy the RAM and then wait for changes in the industry, i was looking into the 940 socket (i'm assuming thats what you meant, and not 939). But the only processor thats using that socket is the Fx-53 which at $1000 is more than slightly out of my price range.

when you say that ATI has native support does that mean you can stick a radeon 9600XT or 9800XT into a PCI express? ( i highly doubt that).

I guess i can buy everything but the motherboard and its add on components. hmmm...when do you think the price would go down for all the new technology? because i doubt its going to start in the same range as the current stuff.

once again thanks