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Go for the Athlon 64 3200+ 1 MB L2 version. It's about $210 at NewEgg. Get ya a nice motherboard (can't remember the good ones off the top of my head, maybe Abit or Asus K8V?) with the features you want for $100. Take the rest of the money and put at least $100 in a new case if you want a quality case. Lian-Li offers the best cases I've ever seen. I'd personally hit one up if I had the money to spend on a new case.
PS: More L2 cache doesn't always mean better performance. Take a look at the later Athlon 64s on the new Socket 939. Why do they have 512kb L2 cache? Because Socket 939 handles memory more efficiently, basically negating the need for more than 512kb L2 cache on the processor. Socket 754 Athlon 64 processors are different, however...1 MB cache will give ya a speed boost (though barely noticeable). It's worth it as the extra cache is only about $15 more.
-Lasereth
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