Hi to all I have recently joined the group.
My real name is Kevin. Chat soon

What ever you spend determines on how future proof your system will be.
When you consider that intel released 16 core processors last month mother boards will come on the market soon.
I have always worked on the bases of buy the best you can afford. If you buy cheap you will end up paying more in the long term

Very nice work but there's one thing missin the cup holder

I recomend the ASUS STRIKER EXTREME.
You will have to update the BIOS but once that has been done awsome.
Im running one of these with a quad core and 4 gigs of ram.
The only real prob is windows but then thats always been a problem since the time of dos and 3.1

After looking at the motherboard manual I have noticed that the dimm slots are in channel format and this will be noticable on the motherboard. dimm A1 & A2 B1 & B2
if yo intend to install multiple ram sticks they have to be maching pairs
Instalation is important you must install them in this configuration A1 + B1 = 1 pair A2 + B2 = the second pair Page 2-11 in the user manual will explain this.
As said before the you should see two blue dimm slots and two black dimm slots this denotes the slots that are paired up.

I have only just joined LFS so this is a bit late.
The amount of power you are going to need depends on the system you are running eg: the number of harddrives rom optical drives fans etc. You could pay out for a 450 watt psu for £20 but pesonally I would payout for a higer watt power supply as this will give you more room for future upgrades something like 700 to 800 watt.