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Jumperless Motherboards are great. No different from a motherboard with the jumpers. Just that you don't have to twiddle with the little jumpers. You just make the changes in the SETUP program. You know, that's where you hit something like DEL when the system is starting up and it takes you to the setup. Just make whatever changes there. You probably won't have to change a thing considering that this motherboard and CPU combination was working together already for your brother.

$20-$30 case + eBay. Be afraid. Be very afraid.... You'll regret getting a cheapo case I promise you. The best case I've experienced for the money is a $49.99 AMD approved 300w case from TigerDirect. I've installed a bunch of systems with it. It just came down in price. Was $60 a couple of months ago. Check it out on their site. It's very well made with nice strong metal and no rough edges to cut you up (like most cheap cases). Lots of space in it too for adding disks and such. It's a bargin considering the quality. Think hard about saving $20 on a crappy case. You'll kick yourself everytime you have to open it up to change something. Just a thought based on experience....