Need recommendations for AM2 Kit!

[Illidan]

I'm likely to be throwing together some parts for a guy I know; I built him a computer, he's happy with it, but now he wants to upgrade his backup computer. He's not an Intel fan, so I was thinking of throwing him an AM2 box; he can always leapfrog it forward to k8l / quad core a coupla years down the road. Being his backup box, it doesn't really *need* to be fast, but I get the feeling that's what he'd really like; I'm thinking of a Am2 A64 3000+ OC'd just for the fun of it for both of us.

Everything'd have to be from zipzoomfly, because they're the only people on the internet who don't have a pedophilliac interest in charging $50 in shipping on any order to Alaska. (I'm looking at you, Newegg, Tiger Direct...)

I'm guessing that for maybe 2.4, 2.5 ghz max, stock cooling'd be fine (based on what I've heard.)

Question is: Would a single stick of DDR2-667 work well, or would I need to get faster RAM? As for the lack of dual-channel, the benchmarks I've shown on dual-channel for single-cores don't really show a performance benefit, a one-gig stick is far more useful then dual 512s, and he really, really doesn't need two gigs.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85016-46

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80699-8

What I don't know about is motherboards - I'm looking at something cheap and with onboard video - is that going to shred overclocking?


-- Motherboards on ZZF http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductList.jsp?ThirdCategoryCode=011426&SortBy=A

Anything here around or under $80 look sufficient?

 

[o1die]

The biostar 6100 has some overclocking features on the socket 939 version. Don't know much about am2 boards, but with onboard video, I wouldn't bother overclocking. The cheaper memory should work fine. If you want additional info, check the manufacturer's website for memory compatability and download the manual and check for voltage adjustments.