Building a new rig...

i would say that the 64-FX is kinda of a waste of money, its just really expensive. something like a 3800 will save like 80 bucks with nearly the same performance.(but i guess in the price range you're looking at, 80 bucks is nothing)

and instead of a 9800 xt, get an x800 pro...its much better for nearly the same price.

i dont know if there are any nforce chipsets for 939 yet, at least i havn't seen any on sale. i only know of two boards for 939, an abit and an asus.

and getting two 80 Gb hard drives and putting them in raid 0 will make them fly,while saving you some more money. i dont think there's any reason to have 320 GB of storage when 180 will be just as much overkill.

sorry i keep referring to price and giving rather vague suggestions, im just used to building budget pc's...cus im poor.

I am very alergic to cats....<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Tavelkyosoba on 06/22/04 00:50 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

In this price range unlocked multiplier might be worth the extra money!

If I had the money to buy a 3800+/FX-53, I would surely get the FX-53 for the extra CACHE and the unlocked multiplier. An alternative to the FX-53 is the 3500+ not the 3800+. The 3500+ is more than 200$ cheaper for barely noticable performance drop.

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FX53 is easier to overclock, because it has unlocked multiplier

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