pay back time.....!!!!

ok so its actually upgrade time... but id also like the community that
ive give soo much to, to give a lille back to me (A)

ok so im plannin on that illusive upgrade...

the processor im still not sure about... input appriciated (ok i know
this is a heated topic.. but im still lookin for more input!!)

athalon VS P4... (mez thinks amd acutally) whvr dirt ull can dig up on
the two

what FSB should i be lookin at... (mez thinks 533 or in the reigon)

motherboard.... since im not such an avid gammer, n grnrlly as a thumb
rule preff mobos with onboard featues (more trble free) im lookin at
some of the ASUS (prsnt one is a ASUS which gave me gr8 performance)
so yeh the ASUS onez witht the onboard nvidia (liked their chipsets 5
point sound n good graphics engine n ****!!)

USB2 (deff no arguing there)

serail ATA (not sure... do i need it really??? whats the deal with
seria ATA??)

no fancy cabinet.. jst a one with good cooling

17"flat monitor

60gb seagate 7200RPM (+ current 20G seagate barracuda 7200RPM)

256MB 2700 ddr.... (how much of a diff performance wize... would 512
make.. intended OS's are RH linux 7.3 n win2000.. may upgrade 2000 to
xp later)


(spkrs, mouse, lan card, keyboard, writer all comming frm my old
machine!!)

....can ull think of anything more