[Pc_Support] Staying with 32-bit: PC3200 or PC4000, 166 or 200MHz Athlon?

[Jason Boxman]

Damien McKenna said:
>> Should I bother with getting an expensive Athlon 3200+ so I can
>> run at 200MHz FSB, or get a lessly expensive 166MHz FSB Athlon and
>> run my existing PC2700 RAM or upgrade to plentiful PC3200 RAM.
>
> Simply put, if you're considering spending a money on anything other
> than second-hand / cheap parts then you should spend the extra $30 to
> get a Socket 939 / Athlon64 system, and as Bryan said you can then reuse
> your existing memory, its just wasted money.

Where is everyone buying their Athlon 64s that I am not looking?

They're starting at $150!

And, my old PSU is probably insufficient, so that's another $150 for a
quality PSU.  Now I'm spending about $450 instead of $180.  Oops.

If I was sure it was worth it, I might take the plunge, but if the least
expensive A64 stuff now isn't that good and you really need to spend even a
bit more than $450, that's way out of my range.