I can understand the money thing . If you are buying a mobo and processor and you can scrape the funds together to go 64 bit then do it. If not the athlon XP barton core are great processors.
You might want to look at socket 754 sempron also then you can upgrade to 64 bit later. Remember processor is only part of it You need ram 512 min. Graphic Card is also very important. Min GeForce FX5500 256mb if you want to run the newer games and not be stressing....
You might want to look at socket 754 sempron also then you can upgrade to 64 bit later. Remember processor is only part of it You need ram 512 min. Graphic Card is also very important. Min GeForce FX5500 256mb if you want to run the newer games and not be stressing....