David Johansen
i also have xp and win 7 installation disks (i havent yet tested win7, but i have several xp pro, none are 64 bit thou). i will, i wish you had talked to me about it. there might be items you neglected. send me the list of what you ordered, did you plan on additional cooling? how did you choose the processor cooling? did oyu get an OEM processor that comes with an adequate heat sink? did you include artic silver compound? (that is on the shelf at radioshack, and maybe staples). do you intend to breadboard it like pierre or put it into a tower case?