yup the mobile are the way to go. but make sure a get a stepping that can do 3200+ speeds. from what ive read looks like AMD 35 Watt Mobile Athlon XP 2400+, 266 MHz FSB, 512K L2 Cache Processor is the way to go. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-439&depa=1 read the reviews on the bottom. btw thats an OEM chip I dont know if you want the 3 year warranty, I wuold get it just in case some shit fucks up. you can always send it back to amd. just make sure you have the oem heatsink and fan and it looks like its used (dust and the crap on the bottom is melted, they look for that now) as far as mobo go you want one that can do 200 fsb (11.5 x 200 = 2.3 => 3200+ (well almost 3200 its like 3150 if there where such a thing) abit nf7-s is good thats the one i had its a nforce2 chipset. make sure if you get it, its version 2 (they are guranteed to do atleast 200 fsb). but what ive read it could do 12 x 200 or more that would be fuckin nice. when it comes to ram im not sure whats good out there now. ive had the same stick of twinmos 512 for a little while. if this is gonna be you main box get atleast pc3200 of course lower the CAS the better you want atleast 2.5 if you can swing it get 2.0. also i dont know if you want to oc you ram too. you know i fuckin would (and did). check out http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=28&flcache=2640909&entercat=y ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 12:34 AM Subject: overclocking > damn, 1800+ to 3200+ sure is nice. i've been readin up on a bunch of shit > today, and looking at a bunch of forums/newsgroups > (forums.extremeoverclocking.com seems to be a good one), it appears that > barton based mobile athlons around 2500+ are the way to go for cheaper > overclocking, cuz they're the same thing as the desktop bartons, but are > certified to run at lower voltage and end up overclocking much higher. > and, it appears that slk-947u's are still pretty much tops when it comes > to air cooling without tons of noise.. > > let me know what you find out, but at this point it's looking like a > mobile barton 2[456]00+, with a nforce2 mobo able to go to 166+ bus speed, > and some quality ram (haven't really looked into this much) seems to be > good. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/2004