First of all there aren't different types of PCI express slots. All are x16. The x16 ones are used for video cards. There are PCI slots which are used for other things such as a wi-fi adapter, sound card, nic card, etc. I noticed that your CPU costs $680?? To much. If you are willing to spend that much for a CPU, might as well get the Dual core AMD X2 3800+ for $350. It's a socket 939, have any questions reply back.
Alright, so I took a lot of people's advice over the past couple of days and I did some research. I am considering buying these three things to make me have a nice computer set. I am posting this just in case people don't think it is compatable or if there are better things to get instead of it.
CPU: for $680
HP Pavilion a1230n Desktop PC
AMD Athlon? 64 3700+ (2.2 GHz)
200GB 7200RPM hard drive
1GB of DDR SDRAM
Dual-layer DVD+/-R/RW
Site:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=133661&catOid=-14844&c=1&cm_re=main%20marquee-_-Save%20up%20to%20$300%20on%20select%20computers-_-HP%20Pavilion%20A1230N%20desktop%20PC%20package
Video Card: for $200
ATI Radeon X700 PRO 256MB for PCI Express
Site:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/ATI-Radeon-X700-Pro-Video-Card-100-437402-/sem/rpsm/oid/114102/catOid/-13043/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
Monitor (not sure if I am getting this) : $230
Westinghouse 17" Widescreen Flat-Panel TFT-LCD Monitor
Site:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7196394&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01013&id=1112808997046
Thank you for reviewing this and all your advice. Also does anybody know if there are other forms where I can post this to get as much advice as possible, thanks.
Also one more quick question. The video card had a PCI express X 16 interface meaning it should work well on any PCI express slot right, there isn't different kinds of PCI express slots are there?
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH

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