Greetings all.  I am delving into the world of "build your own" pc's.  I have been looking at processors at Newegg.com.  Since my focus is gaming, my understanding is that AMD may be the way to go.

My question: Should I go Athlon 64 or some other route?  This will be a project machine that I will be jacking around with alot.  I want to try overclocking.  I want to play games.  I want the frame rates to be decent to smoking on new and newer games (Far Cry, UT 2004, Doom 3).

I know you ALL have much more experience than I.  Any suggestions or advice?  I have been reading a TON of stuff, but nothing is ever very clear.

Thank you for your guidance and instruction here.  I am learnign alot.

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