do some research before you do this would be my . read about the diff. chipsets and proc. to figure out what you need. if you really have a budget of 1500 the cpu u mentioned is not what your looking for. so go get modiffied computer user. has all the test scores and specs of all the new mobos and cpu. also if this is your first time building a computer i would go with intel because they are not as easy to fry if you do something wrong. the mobo your lookin at is really a budget board. it has a max memory of 2 G's which isnt good if you want to upgrade a year or two from now. again just figure out what you want to do. and i can help you out. ive built over 75 computers (which isnt shit compared to some of the other guys on here) and the only ones that ive had problems on are the ones with the budget mobo.