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<i>Or you could just get a Barton core 3200+ for half the price of those and have plenty of power with an AMD based 333mhz FSB system.</i>.
The 3200 runs at 400mhz, not 333, and would be a great choice over a P4 running at 800.
I would not get carried away with the Athlon64. Look at your software expenses (I cannot call it an investment). Do you really need a processor that can run 64 even though it can do 32 and all your software is maybe 32?
The AMD processors are cheap, reliable, and easy to play with if you wish to do so.
I have a 3000Barton, and a 3200Barton and have no complaints at all with them.
My good friend and I have an ongoing banter about the Pentium vs Athlon. He loves his 533fsb P4, yet going to the 800mhz fsb is just too expensive for a hobby. I sold him an old SOYO Dragon Ultra running a 2800Barton for his wife.
He is flexible, you should be also. SAve some money, get an AMD 32 bit, the money you save will help pay for some nice ddr ram.
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