To everyone that replied to this post. Thanks a bunch for all your help and ideas. I've learned quite a bit about my options. I think I'll go with a 3500+ and perhaps 1 gig of matched corsair memory and leave it at that for right now. I can always overclock later if I decide to get adventurous! Than...

I am beginning to lean toward the 3500+ at the moment. Since I’ve never overclocked before, I am ignorant of how to do it and a little afraid of damaging the CPU and/or the rest of the system. Also, I understand there could be compatibility problems with the memory. Can you guys offer any insight o...

.... if you overclock a 3200+ up to 3700+ there's probably very little performance difference.... Thanks Stromgald. I am beginning to lean toward the 3500+ at the moment. Since I’ve never overclocked before, I am ignorant of how to do it and a little afraid of damaging the CPU and/or the rest of th...

Thanks for the replies. You guys are definitely more knowledgeable than on most other forums! I wonder why you don't hear much at all about the 3700+. There is almost no review of it on the web. Is it because the price/benefit ratio is out of whack? I mean for 50 bucks more than 3500 it wouldn't be ...

Hi folks, I'm a new subscriber and really enjoy the wealth of knowledge available here from all of the users. I need some help from all you gurus to help me decide which AMD Athlon 64 CPU is best for me. I'm currently ordering parts for my new system and so far have decided on an Antec P180 case wit...