Thanks guys for the tips, but I'm just going a different direction. I do want to build them a good quality machine, and I'd like to avoid the Celerons and Durons if possible. It's okay to have lower speeds, because they can always upgrade later. I mean, look how long it's taken them to get a new PC this time.

So I'm probably going to go with the mobo I originally mentioned. Then I'll probably also try the cheapest 1500 or 1600 Athlons. After that, I need help on these things, and if you can find good ideas that might be sold at Newegg, that would be great too:

-video card
-hard drive
-case/PSU
-memory (256 at most)
-possibly a monitor for one of my roommates **

Again, I'd like inexpensive, but not cheap on quality. Looking forward to any advice.

**what does it mean when you turn on a monitor and for the first minute or so that it's on, everything is an orange hue, then it slowly goes normal? I'd call it a crappy Gateway, but what would you?