amd 64 3000 or 3200....or non 64

**MarcwithaC** · September 8th, 2004, 12:13 PM

well the subject says it all, i'm one question away from buying all the parts for my first computer build............

at first i was going to build a 3200+ barton non 64 bit computer, but then i started looking at prices, and it was around the same price to build a 3000 64 bit processor based box.......if im gonna stretch its only gonna cost me an extra 30 bucks to build a 3200 64 bit......so my question to you is which way should i go?

btw
im in it for the games baby

also, since i will be using a non 64 bit version of windows (windows xp home) will buying the 64 bit processor be a waste of money?

**doddsy** · September 8th, 2004, 12:22 PM

http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q1...0/index.x?pg=1

**MarcwithaC** · September 8th, 2004, 12:34 PM

thanx, i missed that when i was researching...............

**bombledmonk** · September 8th, 2004, 12:36 PM

The 3200 Barton is a waste of money at this point in time because a 2500+ can easily give you the same performance,even on stock cooling. Go for the 64, it gives much better performance at the same Performance Rating. Don't think of it as a 64bit chip, Just a really good CPU all around and base your decision off of that. The Athlon64 3200+ will be waaaay ahead of the 3200+ Barton. Heck, a 2800+ 64 chip is ahead of that barton