xthekidx

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Dec 24, 2008
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I think you are allocating money to the wrong places. Get an AM2+ mobo and 4gb of DDR2 Ram so you can afford a better processor; 940BE
mobo and CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.165047
Ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231219&Tpk=g%20skill%20hk

And please get a case that will fit a CPU cooler...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.176613

Cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186020

DDR3 shows almost no improvement over DDR2, like maybe 5% gain in performance, AMD is not convinced that the AM3 DDR3 platform is fully baked, I would not jump to it yet.