I want to build my on computer but am not totally sure what is the best motherboard for an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

I live in the US

Here is what I have so far

CPU-AMD Athlon 64 4200+
Motherboard-undecided preferabbly nForce 4
Memory-most likely Kingston
Graphics-undecided nVidia
Sound Card-undecided most likely a cheaper one or an onboard one
hard drive-undecided need room for games and video editing and other files
optical drive- undecided DVD/CD burner
Case-undecided
Operating system-windows XP, don't know if I need 64 bit edition or not

anything that is labled undecided i need help deciding on what to get

the max I want to spend is around $2,000 USD

I bought the CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition for the sound card. I also need a power supply

This might help looking for a motherboard which supports AMD Athlon 64 4200+
which is where I would start:

http://www2.amd.com/us-en/Processors...tml?1065217534

I like this list: (links & details from the above site by following this menu):

AMD Athlon™ 64 4200+ X2 (Socket 939)

ATX Form Factor, Any Vendor, PCIe™.

Asus
A8N-E
2.0 ATX nVidia nForce4 Ultra Cool'n'Quiet
PCIe™


A8N-SLI Deluxe
1.02 ATX nVidia nForce4 SLI Cool'n'Quiet
PCIe™


ECS
KN1
1.0 ATX nVidia nForce4 Cool'n'Quiet
PCIe™


nForce4-A939
1.0 ATX nVidia nForce4 Cool'n'Quiet
PCIe™


Gigabyte
GA-K8NXP-9
1.0 ATX nVidia nForce4 Cool'n'Quiet
PCIe™


GA-K8NXP-SLI
1.0 ATX nVidia nForce4 SLI Cool'n'Quiet
PCIe™


MSI
K8N Diamond (MS-7100)
1.0 ATX nVidia nForce4 SLI Cool'n'Quiet
PCIe™


K8N Neo4 Platinum (MS-7125)
1.0 ATX nVidia nForce4 Cool'n'Quiet
PCIe™

I think I will get this motherboard

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

on www.newegg.com it is $164.00 + $3.50 shipping

Will I need the 64 bit edition of windows XP or not?

should I get the 4600 or is the 4200 or 4400 fast enough to play graphic intensive games and edit video?

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l...75&modelmenu=1

Windows XP Pro x64

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.mspx

AMD Athlon™ 64 4000+

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...7^9505,00.html

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Looks like a sweet board!

You do not need XP x64 although you certainly can use it.
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/...4_preview2.asp

If you already have the AMD 4200 I would go with it & see if you feel the need to upgrade later.

Maybe someone else will have more ideas!

I am building a computer and I want to know if I should spend the extra money to get the 4400+, or the 4600+ or if i would be fine with the 4200+ or if I should even go with the dual core cpu. the motherboard I want to get is the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard.

I am building a computer and I want to know if I should spend the extra money to get the 4400+, or the 4600+ or if i would be fine with the 4200+ or if I should even go with the dual core cpu. the motherboard I want to get is the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

I am building a computer and I want to know if I should spend the extra money to get the 4400+, or the 4600+ or if i would be fine with the 4200+ or if I should even go with the dual core cpu. the motherboard I want to get is the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

I am building a computer and I want to know if I should spend the extra money to get the 4400+, or the 4600+ or if i would be fine with the 4200+ or if I should even go with the dual core cpu. the motherboard I want to get is the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard