Can yall recommend some configurations, the best i can do is from newegg

GA-7VAXP ULTRA mobo
Geil 400 ddr 512mb ram
and a 2500+ barton care
with case

for like around 370
I have a P3 so i don't have a preference between
P4 or athlon XP, i dun really know which one is best but i've been reading AMD is better

but the neccessities are DDR400 and AGP 8x
i have an extra HDD laying around and an extra ATi 7000 (sux ass i know, i'll upgrade to a 8x card later, maybe when the 256mb cards come out:yumyum: ) thats why i just need those parts only.

I've been thinkin about buying from a store (i.e. dell) but the software is too much, warranty is too much, they arent using the DDR400 or the 800mhz fsb yet on their dimension 8300(and i've read its good but not great wit the 800fsb).

 

c'mon geeks

 

looks good to me i didn't know the barton was out yet, it's 64 bit isn't it?

 

barton has been out for a while now and it's not 64bit


SledgeHammer aka Opteron = 64-bit

 

then what's there 64-bit desktop processor called?, i knew about the opteron, but that's a server chip

 

64-bit desktop = clawhammer. not sure if that's widely available

i've never seen one but that doens't mean much :dunno:


okay it was supposed to be called Athlon DT but it apparently is MIA. possibly pushed back to next quarter.

 

i knew the 64-bit amd one was coming out sometime this year just didn't have a clue when it was, i looked around and it's not out yet

 

its on sale now....i think new egg has em

 

yep i did the search as well :exnbp:

but i don't know what the point is. since for destop not many OS supports 64-bit processors :dunno: i guess that's why they support 32-bit natively.

 

yeah they are sellin em http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...codevalue=4777