Hi, building my first pc as ive been given a case with motherboard.
I have never attempted it before so i would like some advice of you guys.
i have a gigabyte GA-7VAXP motherboard and dont have a clue what i can put in it, im on a limited budget and its only going to be used for some light internet browsing and playing the new football manager 2010, any advice would be gratefully received, thanks ian.

Motherboards have built in components called (onboard) sometimes basic, sometimes quite good.

I have found this webpage which details the spec of your motherboard: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=1391
(Be sure to double-check the motherboard model number to make sure the one above is yours).

You just need to see what your motherboard already has - For example I can see Realtek ALC650 AC97 codec Chip which is your onboard sound therefore you do not need to buy a sound card but you could if you wanted something more fancy such as surround sound 5.1 or 7.1.

Check to see if you have a VGA or any other monitor/display port and if so then you can use that (onboard graphics) - If not then you will need to buy a graphics card and put it in an expansion slot. In the expansion slots section it says:

1. 1 x AGP slot (8X/4X -AGP 3.0 compliant)
2. 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)

I would recommend getting an AGP graphics card (which is generally better than PCI for graphics, otherwise you could get a PCI graphics card. The type/specification of graphics card is dependant on what Football Manager 2010 needs to run - it will say this on the back of the game or you could search online (also bare in mind the other specs it asks for such as your computers memory/RAM and harddrive space it needs to install and run)

You will obviously need a harddrive (HDD) and you will need to get memory (RAM) if you do not have any already. Under memory on the above webpage it tells you the type of memory it supports.

In regards to the internet you have onboard LAN you you just need a modem with an ethernet connection or router and then a cable to link to you computer.

Hope this helps,