Building first PC

This is a discussion about Building first PC in the Windows Hardware category; And shopping around new egg. I wanting to spend about $300 on a processor. Which AMD chip would you recommend? This is going to be a gaming rig. Thanks!.

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by jazzdrive, 2005-11-04 23:13

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jazzdrive

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2005-11-05 00:13

And shopping around new egg.

I wanting to spend about $300 on a processor. Which AMD chip would you recommend? This is going to be a gaming rig.

Thanks!

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Shadow64Bt

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2005-11-08 14:20

Any of the s939 Athlon 64 series of chips are the best you can get short of the FX series. 3200+ and 3400+ are very good deals for the cost. Stay away from Sempron and s754 Athlon 64s.