I already mentioned two motherboards as my recommended options.

But I wanted to buy from my local store and the selection is somewhat limited but thanks

Let us know what motherboards they stock and we can suggest which are the best alternatives.

I'd suggest that purchasing from a local store isn't always the best alternative, especially if that store deals only in a limited range.

This is my local stores selection: http://www.thecomputerzoo.com/Amazin...=SCKT478M&tpc=

Just a minor update to this, and hopefully someone can confirm the point. I've been informed that the power supply units included in Dell PCs use a non-standard ATX connector, and if that's the case then a new unit would be required.

Ok I was planning on getting a new psu thanks

heres the final system components I'm getting:

Motherboard - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=240311

Case (not sure yet but something with a good psu) http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...133-108&depa=0

Memory - http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-145-479&depa=1



Im ordering them in a few days and I will show some pictures after I install

-thanks for your help

FINNALY!!! ok I ordered my parts from newegg and they came a day ahead of schedule so that was good. I got my motherboard and hooked it all up insdie of my new case and everything on tuesday, and I go to turn it on and there is no video feed...so i call tech support and they were busy and said they would call back but I kept calling them and finaly after 2 days of waiting I got an Email telling me how to trouble shoot it. So before i start the troubleshooting guide I decided to remove my ram and re seat it to see if that would work, and when I did that the motherboards voice poster said "BOOT FAIL DUE TO CPU OVERCLOCK". but i havent even setup my motherboard! so I called tech support again and he told me to try a new cpu and boot it up and flash the bios to a new version. I was like ehhhuhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooo -.- , so I went upstairs to my other computer and pulled out a 2.4 ghz p4 and popped it in there and WHOA it worked! so I booted up and I DIDNT HAVE TO RE INSTALL WINDOWS OR WHIPE MY HD CLEAN!!! so I opend the asus utility and hit the "Udate BIOS" button and it flashed it automatically. then I put my 2.8 ghz p4 back in and it worked!!! so now I have it all set up and my CPU is overclocked to 3.63GHZ(100ºF) the case has 7 fans on it so it works great!, So once again thanks for the help in buying the parts and info. here are some pictures

Nice choice in parts, and nice job.

I had similar issues upgrading the Dell Dimension 8400 origina insanely noisy cooling system to the massive Zalman CNPS7700-Cu!

You can find out more info about this operation here:

http://www.lecodesign.co.uk/zalman/index.html