amd 6000+

almost forgot, AMD ships with a really good heatsink and fan.

I just bought the same chip, and I bought an ASUS M2N-E sli Motherboard. Asus and AMD have always been a good match. I added the ATI pci express 512 mb video card and 2 gigs OCZ dual channel pc6400 ram {M/B holds 8 gig) go to my profile and look at the pics. I got it all from Tigerdirect.ca This stuff is sweet if you do any gaming, I don't even look at the minimum requirements anymore.

Well it depends on your needs. I'd generally suggest boards by either ABit or Gigabyte. I used a DFI board for my wife's computer and that's worked flawlessly as well. If you plan to do some gaming I'd suggest an ATX board that supports at least 4GB of RAM. If you don't do any gaming and really want to save money you can get a microATX board with a GeForce 6100 chipset with integrated GeForce graphics. DFI also makes good budget boards with ATI chipsets and ATI graphics that work well.