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Originally Posted by fujimi7su

you can get a 2500+, turn it into a 3200+ and wait a few months until the prices drop insanely on 64s and they become "standard" and get the chip you wanted

youll have saved a good hundred or so dollars at least

The XPs and the A64s dont run the same socket.If you want to get a decent motherboard you have to shell out like 70$ more.And the prices arent going to drop down to 50$ for a proc again..AMD is whoring out for more cash just like intel was doing.Your hardly saving anything/buying older parts for retail prices/wasting time building the system.