i'm trying to weigh in differences between an amd or pentium for a new computer and have seen a couple of things that need calrifying.i want to build something reasonably priced, but upgradeable in order to keep the technology gap down to a continent away versus a whole planet. i've always built pentium systems but i really want to see how an athlon system will hold up.

first of all....i would like feedback on the NFORCE2 and KT400 chipsets, i would like clarification on 8x agp and agp pro (as seen on p4 boards), power supply recommendations (because i hear they're finicky), and video card recommendations (because i heard some issues with gforce cards and amd systems not playing well together).

any help would be appreciated.