New computer time! help me decide on parts to buy...

do you know where I can get that 3000+ socket 939? cant seem to find the retail version. Ill get the 3200+ socket 939 if its not that much more expensive.

 

gimme a link if you could (the retail 3000+), ive searched and cant seem to find it.

 

yes, gotta have those 3 years of warranty. Plus I dont know anything about hsf, so itll make things easier to just get that stuff with the cpu.

 

Well what would I need to get with the 3200+ oem version? like whats a good cheap heatsink fan or whatever it is you get?

 

oh, just one of those.

well shit. you got your 3200+ socket 939 for $235

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-500&depa=1

and a heatsink for $40

Yeah that is still $45 cheaper then the $320 3500+. Dunno if thats worth it though. I mean I might just want to spend that extra $45 and get a 3500+.

Im wondering if all this is worth it though. I mean mabye a lower end cpu and mobo and then a higher end video card would be better. But then again I do have my 9800 pro. Plus cards drop in price so fast its almost pointless to spend $400 on a video card. But then I could just sell my current machine with the 9800 pro, and then buy a lower end system with a 6800 gt oc.

 

this one right?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-499&depa=1

So are you sure this has a 2mb cache and hyperthreading? Also is this windows xp compatible? It doesn't say if it is.

plus id get the $15 heatsink

so that would be $205. thats alot better price.

 

wow that went down fast.

so all 939 pin athalon processors or motherboards have the so called "2GHz HT bus" that makes it better then 734, correct? This is actually beneficial stuff right? not just extra epenis?

and all these processors are backwards compatible to windows xp 32 bit, right?

 

OMG! That means 4 slots plus that will work with my current RAM which will save me money. Awesome.

So what do you guys think?

CPU:
$297

AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 512K, L2 Cache, Windows Compatible 64-bit Processor 939 Pin - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-483&depa=1

MOBO
$131

MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-457&depa=1

HD
$100

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/West.../sem/rpsm/oid/80169/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

PSU

550watt@$103 or 450watt@$62 --- WHICH ONE?

CASE:
$105.50

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-112-024&depa=1


One last thing though. Im going to need a new copy of Windows XP. Anyone know the cheapest place to get XP? Is OEM Xp as good as normal XP?

 

So, should I get the 3500+ with a 939 pin and a 939 pin mobo that has 2Ghz htt and dual channel memory?

Or should I go with the 3400+ that has 1mb L2 cache (3500+ only has 512) but is 734 pin.

whats better?