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

[Jason Boxman]

Jason Boxman said:
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> 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.

What's more I have a $150 AGP card I bought a few weeks ago.  I could go for
store credit or resell it on Ebay, but that's just going to recoup a portion
of the cost and further increase the cost of an AMD64 foray.

Nope, I think my fate is sealed.  If I build a new dedicated workstation
I'll move to 64, but for this box it appears I'll be in 32 land.

Or I'll need $150 PSU, $150 CPU, $100 board, and $150 VC (-$100 Ebay'd
value) versus $65 for a board, $100 for a CPU, and ~ $70 for a deal on
paired 512MBx2 PC3200.

As I've probably made clear before, I am very cheap.  I'll probably never
even notice the difference between A64 and an older highend A32 setup for
the activities I perform anyway.