About to build my first comp...

Still trying to come to a decision on Intel v. AMD for a processor. For now, I'm considering the Intel E6600 against the AMD X2 5200+ or 4600+. My overall budget's roughly $500-700, and I'm not too worried about the other components yet. If there's any requests for me to be more specific, I'll edit this main post. Thanks.

Are you interested in any overclocking? I'm getting a Core 2 E6420. It is the 4MB version and it should be able to overclock extremely well...

Just remember that you need to spend some money on the motherboard, memory, and power supply as well.

I'm somewhat interested in overclocking (moreso for the video card rather than the processor itself) and I'm willing to spend a bit of extra money to get the necessary fans and whatnot. Also wondering if there's anything I could do to narrow down the choices I have in mind for a motherboard, besides cost.

If you are going with a Core 2, I suggest either 965P board or a Nvidia 650i. Those should provide good performance and tweaking options.

Asus makes a range of boards in each price range. I'm picking up a P5N32-E SLI, but you could get a regular P5N-E and have a great deal.