Planning new Rig

So far this is what I have decided on:

Motherboard:
ABIT 875P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU, Model "IC7" -RETAIL
Specifications:
Supported CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Processors(Hyper-Threading)
Chipset: Intel 875P + ICH5R
FSB: 800/533MHz 400FSB not Supported
RAM: 4x DIMM support Dual Channel DDR400(ECC) Max 4GB
IDE: 2x UltraDMA 100 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP PRO 8X, 5x PCI
Ports: 2xPS2,1xLPT,1xCOM,8xUSB2.0(Rear 4),SPDIF In/Out,1xIEEE1394,Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: 6-Channel AC97 Codec **No Onboard LAN**
Onboard SATA/RAID: 2x Serial ATA, RAID 0
Onboard 1394: 3x IEEE1394a Ports at 100/200/400Mb/s transfer rate

Cpu:
Intel Pentium 4/ 2.6C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading Technology


I just need some help deciding on what memory to get. I new to all this, and memory has me all confused I am looking at getting around 1gb of memory.

Thanks for any help.

how much are you willing to spend and how much overclock are you aiming for?

i suggest at least pc3200 ram, kingston, buffalo tech, mushkin, and corsair are good brands, pc3200 is reasonably priced and you can always use different ratios when overclocking P4s without compromise to the cpu's performance unlike Athlons where running in sync yields the best performance

you can always shell out more money for pc4000 or better tho

I would like to keep it around $250 if i could. I would like to try oc'ing it, but since I have never done it before I might hold off for a while.

you can get 4 of these for $44 each at newegg, this seems to be a great deal:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-150-603&catalog=147&depa=1

at only $44 each, you'd only need to spend $176 instead of a whole $250 on ram

Great! Thank you for taking the time to help me out. I really appreciate it.