by icecube » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:23 am
The best bang for the buck would be AMD they run about $100 less than their Intel counterpart.
The other thing to consider, a $500 dollar cpu will probably be on the market for $70 two years from now. A good rule of thumb, is to keep your cpu cost below $200, Motherboard below $120 and the video card under $100.
If your a serious gamer, and money is no object, $3,000 might be more realistic.