cool, thanks for the advice so far.
by the way, I just wanted to say these forums are awesome, their super active. Hard to find that in forums with so many forums scattering everybody around.
Ok I went through that all, and have a few questions. First, are there any sites that show you how to boot up from BIOS settings, he skips over that. Also, once the OS is installed, don't you have to install all the programs for things like the graphics card and such?
also, he doesn't mention using thermal paste to install the CPU, is that a necessity?