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Abit AW8 LGA775/955X/DDR2/SATA2/ Motherboard

I'll break it down for you a little,

Abit AW8 is the m/board model description
LGA775 is the latest Intel cpu socket (pinless, for P4 socket 775 cpu's)
955X is the chipset on the board (controls memory addressing etc)
DDR2 is the ram supported (latest incarnation of ram)
SATA2 is the latest SATA version for higher bandwidth (faster than SATA)

Give us an idea of what you want, maybe we can spec out a pc for you. Compatability is the big thing you need to pay attention too, only reading the specs of the components will help you there.

As to US retailers, I see Newegg mentioned in forums with people buying from them a lot but being in Australia it means nothing to me. Maybe some of our US users could suggest retailers for you. Doesn't Newegg have a "Design and cost your pc" function on their website?