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Finally got last weeks salary from work, got about 340 bucks now. So I'm actually going to order my CPU tonight or tomorrow, after months of anticipation.
But I've done so much looking around. I have no idea what to get anymore. I'm wondering if I should cheap out on the CPU so I can get good RAM and a 6600GT later, or get a really good CPU and worry about the RAM/Video later...
So far, my main decision is to go with a Athlon 64 3500+, some MSI board I can't remember....
But then, my other decision is to get a Athlon 64 3200+ Venice (good overclocker, from what I've researched), and overclock it to what the 3500 would be or higher, and save 30 or 40 bucks in the process, use the same MSI board as above...
Or save even more money and get a Sempron 64 3300 on eBay for 60 bucks, some generic 939 motherboard, as long as it has overclocking features...
And then there's the really slim chance that I could get a Pentium 4 2.4C on eBay and overclock it to 3.2 GHz, since they're supposed to be one of the holy grails of overclocking CPU's. In that case, I could get a s478 motherboard for like 30 bucks...
Someone give me a push towards one of these. Or suggest something else, if you wanna' have some fun in confusing me even more.
But I've done so much looking around. I have no idea what to get anymore. I'm wondering if I should cheap out on the CPU so I can get good RAM and a 6600GT later, or get a really good CPU and worry about the RAM/Video later...
So far, my main decision is to go with a Athlon 64 3500+, some MSI board I can't remember....
But then, my other decision is to get a Athlon 64 3200+ Venice (good overclocker, from what I've researched), and overclock it to what the 3500 would be or higher, and save 30 or 40 bucks in the process, use the same MSI board as above...
Or save even more money and get a Sempron 64 3300 on eBay for 60 bucks, some generic 939 motherboard, as long as it has overclocking features...
And then there's the really slim chance that I could get a Pentium 4 2.4C on eBay and overclock it to 3.2 GHz, since they're supposed to be one of the holy grails of overclocking CPU's. In that case, I could get a s478 motherboard for like 30 bucks...
Someone give me a push towards one of these. Or suggest something else, if you wanna' have some fun in confusing me even more.