Need halp selecting parts for a build...

[Weegee]

yeah, but their processors are also not as good. I've always been an AMD fanboy, but they've been really far behind the game since the core2duo came out.

* chrisinajar initializes flame war

Yeah, from what I've read online that seems to have been the case for awhile, but supposedly phenom2 is better then just about everything. Except for the core i7s, those are insane. This is just what I've heard mind you, i have no experience with any of them.

[Bobby's Pipes]

There is no need for war Chris, for I can swing both ways. 

[Weegee]

Ok, I picked up a 17" LCD Viewsonic monitor today for 45$ off of craigslist. Its no bigger then my old one, but it sure is an improvement.

[Bobby's Pipes]

Is it widescreen at least?

[froggeh]

make sure to get enough RAM to
A)run vista
B)make a 64bit OS worthwhile having

[chrisinajar]

64bit has other benefits besides having a lot of memory... It makes it so that a single CPU frame can be 64 bits in size, which means less copying from the L2 cache into the processor memory...

Basically 64bit apps in a 64bit os run faster than it's 32bit equivalent.