I just put together a budget system: 2000+ (pal), A7v8x-x, 384 Crucial DDR 2100, Geforce4 MX440.
Stability testing at the moment, so not activated the copy of XP home yet so fairly safe, so I think I'll trial it SP2 on this system and wait for more feedback before putting it onto my main system.
Biggest problem at the moment is the dial up speed
but cant blame that on SP2, so at least another 4-5 hours left to change my mind about it.