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EDIT - I found out that I could get a 4000+ San Diego for $75 more than a 3800+ Venice. That a good deal? $75 CDN

Nice reply, thank you. I was looking into a 3800+ venice. Any reasons why I shouldn't be looking at that? What MOBO would be best fit my needs?

Hey guys, Looking into an upgrade and trying to pick out my CPU. I notice that there are alot of different variations to the Athlon XP. From what I understand there is venice, San Diego and Newcastle? Miss anything? Now the system will be leaning towards gaming and I'm looking at something...

Ok... I have looked into more of what I am going to get and it looks like a full blown CPU, MOBO, RAM, VID CARD upgrade. I'm going with NVIDIA 7800GT OC 256 and for MOBO and Processor I am unsure, but I know I want AMD. Now there are different variations of the chips out there correct...

Ok, I think I will just be doing the Video Card this year. Would it be worth picking up a PCI-E? Is it faster than AGP? Is my mobo compatible? EVGA E-GEFORCE 7800GT PCI-E 256MB 256BIT GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV VIVO SLI Ready Video Card Retail That is what I was looking at --- $417 CDN

Hey guys and gals, Heard this was a great place to get all sorts of advice on computer related issues! My current system is an Athlon 2800+ w/ 1GB Ram and A7N8x (??? Nforce 2 Chipset) and a 9800 Pro 128MB card. I got $500-600 Bucks Canadian to blow on some new parts and I was thinking...