I haven't had any
compatablity with AMD CPUs. I've been using AMD CPUs ever since
AMD 486. The compatablity issues are most likely related to
motherboard. Don't buy any cheap motherboard. I like Asus, Abit,
MSI, Gigabyte and Epox. You probably should stay away from ECS,
Biostar, PCChips, Foxconn. They are just not as good.