Originally posted by: birdpup
CPU: AMD64 3000+, 3200+, 3500+, or 3700+. All with Venice core.
Motherboard: DFI, MSI, ASUS, ABIT, Chaintech (in that order or the order of your preference)
Memory: Cheap to midrange DDR400 is very good. There is little performance increase for the more expensive RAM with AMD's on-die memory controller.
Originally posted by: yellowm50
how dose the venice compair to the winchester?
Originally posted by: flatblastard
Just wanted to give you a heads-up.....there is no 3700+ venice core. That would be San Diego. There is, however, a 3800+ venice.
Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ ClawHammer
DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb
hahah just thought i would be different. the above can be had at newegg for $396.
This setup would be especially good if you had an existing AGP card, some non-dual channel ram. And if you are not going to OC than the above is even better :thumbsup:.
Originally posted by: yellowm50
so that chip can be bought for 396, how about the mother board?
Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
EDIT: wow, I think I'm the only Intel person here... Scary.