Ok without the fanboy responses, I just want an educated response or discussion on whether it is best to spend my $200 on a Athlon 64 3200+ or a P4 3.0GHz.

(Leaning towards the 3200+ atm because pcclub has more $100 range agp motherboards available for Athlon 64)

The A64. PCClub is a good vendor and you can jump on their forum to ask about the choices you make before you buy.

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athlon 64. it will run faster than the p4. expecialy if the p4 is 32 bit. but i personally am going to wait for the dual cores to comeout and go down in price. or jsut get a g5 laptop when they come out.

p4 at 3330mhz
512mb pc3200 dual channel
80gb wd hdd/40gb maxtor when on linux
8x agp geforce 6200
Audigy 2 ZS
dvd and cd burner
"im just a kid" and 15 at that

G5 laptop and dual cores sounds nice...so does SLI graphics cards but I gotta budget sometimes =(

Well I'm gonna go with the 3200+...now the search continues by looking for the cheapest but upgradable agp motherboard I can find at pcclub...

newegg.com has good deals and so does zipzoomfly.com

p4 at 3330mhz
512mb pc3200 dual channel
80gb wd hdd/40gb maxtor when on linux
8x agp geforce 6200
Audigy 2 ZS
dvd and cd burner
"im just a kid" and 15 at that

Whatever you choose go with the best you can afford. Save up if you have to because take it from someone who knows firsthand, nothing is worse than a cheap motherboard.

Jimi_l