Need help making decision?

[amdwarrior]

c2d e4300 or amd x2 3800, or x2 4600? I may overclock a little. Mainly some gaming, web design, and some rendering oh and lite video editing? budget is around 600 for new video card,mb and ram looking at ddr2 800. pleas give some suggestions thanks.

current specs
pent. d820
artic freeze 7
ddr 333
asrock dual vsta
sapphire x1600 agp

 

[epsilon84]

E4300 for overclocking, X2 3800+ for best price/performance @ stock and X2 4600+ for best stock performance of the lot (barely, depending on application, the E4300 is pretty close anyway overall).

Since you'd be overclocking 'a bit', I'd go the E4300. 'A bit' on an E4300 would be like 3GHz mind you...

Just wait for the April 22 pricecuts to get a better deal on the E4300.