Phil Pease wrote:

Does a heatsink, cpu fan, thermal paste come with a retail cpu (AMD 2500+)
or do I need to buy these items?

Dont know about retail, but OEM doesnt.

Do cables to connect a retail motherboard (Aopen AK79D) to various
connectors come with the motherboard or do I need to buy these items?

Usually the connectors to the case come with the case and the IDE /
floppy cables come with the MOBO.

Is a floppy drive necessary?

No. Not with a self booting CD ROM.

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