I don't know about international shipping rates, but try www.newegg.com. I've used them for over a year now and have built serveral systems for friends and relatives. I also built my Athlon XP 2000 there. They have a sale on XP 1600's right now. I think it's somewhere along the lines of $53 bucks for the chip. I love Asus boards so I would recommend a A7v266E (what I currently use) or an A7v333. I also use a removable hard drive bay. I load all of my documents, simulators, and other important stuff on my drive, and the wife and kids have their goodies on their own drive. This keeps the kids from playing around and "blowing up" your goodies. It's about twenty something bucks for this plus the cost of a hard drive. Well worth the money.