After some research and price checking, it looks like I'll get this:
Abit NF7-S
Athlon XP 2500 Barton
The other components that I've picked out so far include:
Gainward GeForce 4 Ti4200
WD 120GB Serial ATA 7200 RPM HD
1GB PC3200 RAM (probably Crucial)
In consideration:
Plextor 708A (DVD +/- RW) if I can justify needing a DVD burner
M-Audio Revolution 7.1 if I don't like the on-board audio
The hardest part of building a computer is definately picking out the components... but it's so much fun too...
I'm still looking at cases, monitors, and the small stuff.
To you guys that have the NF7-S: does it have a headphone jack on it? I have some
nice headphones that I would like to use with it. This would also save me from buying really nice speakers for a while, until a few more paychecks come in.