<< Curious? Did you cost out building this with Dell's preconfigured systems. My buddy's brother just got one for 742 shipped.
Also, I'm not 100% sure, but you need to download some intel drivers for the 845D motherboard on win98 SE. I thought i saw something like on Soyo's webiste for their 845D motherboard.
Here is the Dell that my friend's brother bought, same specs except not Northwood. I'm sure there are going to be some Dell deals coming soon, one year warranty, and Dell is their main tech support, >>
Just be careful not to get stuck with an SDRAM system, they like to sneak those in when you aren't looking.