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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1911221&CatId=2019

ANY GOOD??!??!!?/!/ its 500$$$$ however i think i can find it cheaper probrably down the road, but i wanna know if this would be a good investment.

Uses: Adobe suites (PS illustrator etc), gaming obviously, studio mx, lightwave, basically a home STUDIO PC that kicks major ass.

Gigabyte K8N Pro-SLI NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.20GHz Processor with Fan 
   
 
 
 Motherboard Specifications 
 
 
Form Factor
ATX 
 
 
Processor Interface
Socket 939 
 
   
 Gigabyte K8N Pro-SLI NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / Gigabit LAN / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA / RAID / SLI 
   
 
 
 Motherboard Specifications 
 
 
Form Factor
ATX 
 
 
Processors Supported
AMD Athlon 64
AMD Athlon 64 FX
AMD Athlon 64 X2
AMD Opteron 1xx Series
AMD Opteron Dual-Core 
 
 
Additional Technologies
HyperTransport Technology 
 
 
Front Side Bus
1000MHz 
 
 Chipset 
 
 
Northbridge Learn More 
nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 
 
 Memory 
 
 
Number of Slots
4 
 
 
Number of Pins
184-Pin 
 
 
Maximum Memory Supported
4GB 
 
 
Memory Supported
Dual Channel Supported
DDR266 (PC2100)
DDR333 (PC2700)
DDR400 (PC3200) 
 
 Audio 
 
 
Channels
8 Channels 
 
 
Audio Chipset
Realtek ALC850 
 
 IDE 
 
 
Supported Devices
4 
 
 
Hard Drive Types
ATA/66
ATA/100
ATA/133 
 
 USB 
 
 
USB Version
2.0 
 
 
USB Data Transfer Rates
480Mbps 
 
 LAN 
 
 
LAN Type
10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit 
 
 
Port Type
RJ-45 
 
 Expansion Slots 
 
 
PCI Slots
2 
 
 
PCI Express X1 Slots
2 
 
 
PCI Express X16 Slots
2 
 
 I/O Ports 
 
 
PS/2 Keyboard Connectors Learn More 
1 
 
 
PS/2 Mouse Connectors Learn More 
1 
 
 
Serial Communication Ports
1 
 
 
Parallel Ports Learn More 
1 
 
 
USB Ports
10 
 
 
LAN Ports
1 
 
 
Audio Out Jacks
1 
 
 
Line In Jacks
1 
 
 
Microphone Jacks
1 
 
 
Center Audio Jacks
1 
 
 
Subwoofer Audio Out Jacks
1 
 
 
IDE Headers
2 
 
 
FDD Headers
1 
 
 
Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Headers
4 
 
 
ATX Power Connectors
1 24-Pin Connector 
 
 
PC Power Connectors
1 
 
 
Fan Connectors
4 
 
   
 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ / 1MB Cache / 2000MHz FSB / Socket 939 / Dual-Core / Processor with Fan 
   
 
 
 Processor Specifications 
 
 
Processor Speed
64 4200+ / 2.20GHz 
 
 
Processor Interface
Socket 939 
 
 
Processor Class
Athlon 64 X2 
 
 
Cache Size
1Mb 
 
 
Bus Speed
2000MHz 
 
 
Additional Technologies
HyperTransport 
 
 
Fan
Included 

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Seems like a good deal.  All then you need is the rest of the system

Video card(s), hard drive, power supply, case, etc.