Ah, assumptions fly when one is silent, especially when your body is large and you play purple video game consoles for a living. LolOlolOloL

Anyhow, thanks a ton for all of the info, guys, even from the child-brained douche.

I found this to be what I thought was a good deal: http://www.bzboyz.com/store/product318.html What I *thought* to be a good deal. Athlon XP 2800+ and what looks to be a decent mobo all around (plenty of PCI. expansion, etc. I would need).

For cases, my friend already fell in love with and bought this: http://www.xpcases.com/shop/item.asp?CatID=&Sku=439 Would that mobo even fit that? I didn't see anything really intuitively telling about sizes. Maybe I missed something.

As for putting everything together, that is the easy part. I just wasn't sure where to get everything for the best prices, and about motherboard sizes. For example, that mobo right there says it is an ATX form factor�so does that mean it will fit any case that supports ATX, or are there different sizes to ATX? I assume, because I know there are very tall cases and smaller ones.

Also, it will be running Windows. His will be for gaming, mine will be for 3-D schoolwork (3DSM, maybe Maya) and gaming.

Thanks again, guys! (Spliff is the man.)