Help me spend $$ on a pc

[wonderboy]

So the first question for me is the cpu.
What AMD ( im sorry I game more than do other bs ) cpu should I buy?
Mainly I want to play stuff like Doom3/ut2k4/HL2, play movies and do the normal crap.
I have around 800us$ to spend on this.........I do overclock ( even if i have to get a new hsfu )...so what do you think would be my best bet guys?
Please assume the RAM and mb are all of top qual and well expensive

 

[V0ltage]

go for a low end A64 or high end athlon XP system.
athlon XP's will o/c alot more, especially the mobiles.
and for a videocard get at least a 6800NU
get a gig of PC3200 ram.

 

[Spec3]

I'd say for a place to start

Chaintech VNF-250 (very good clocker and priced very nice)
A64 3000+ (3200 if you got the $)
OCZ pc3500EB....nothing clocks like this stuff on A64
ATI 9800pro on the Nvidia equiv...your choice as always

And then populate the drives/case/powersupply as you see fit. Should come in under $800 and it will play all your games

 

[wonderboy]

I'd say for a place to start

Chaintech VNF-250 (very good clocker and priced very nice)
A64 3000+ (3200 if you got the $)
OCZ pc3500EB....nothing clocks like this stuff on A64
ATI 9800pro on the Nvidia equiv...your choice as always

And then populate the drives/case/powersupply as you see fit. Should come in under $800 and it will play all your games

I'm not looking to save to many $$, wanting to spend around the 2k us mark