ok .. got the following ..
asus p5p800
80gig sata h/d
1 gig memory

but .. someone said i might have trouble loading xp as i need to load a raid driver ???? erm ..

also how the hell do you decide what cpu to use .. as this mobo has a few issues with certain intel p4's...
i need to know what bios i have to decide on what chip i can use ... but i got no idea .. cant get a p4 cheaply enough to just try it ... but i can do a bios update but need to get the system running first .. bloody catch 21 then

any ideas???