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Originally posted by RoSs_bg2_rox:
Ah, the age old question. Put it this way, you could spend your whole life waiting; PC technology is always changing, and you can never have the most up - to - date system.
PCI E has fully taken over AGP on new PC's really, and I would strongly advise against going the AGP route. Your best bet would likely be a socket 939 Athlon, either a Venice/Sandiego chip, or an X2 (dual core) depending on how much you can afford / the requirements of this PC.
What are your main uses for your PC, what sort of software do you run, what sort of games do you play? This will really depend on how much you spend on a components, for example you won't want to spend a chunk of your budget on the latest Graphics Card if you don't play demanding games. For the sort of thing I presume you will be doing, I would probably recommend a load of RAM (1 - 2gb) and a nice fast CPU, probably an X2 with an Asus A8N SLi Deluxe Edition motherboard. Then again, I don't really know American prices on hardware, so I don't know what exactly your budget allows.
Just think, in 6 months time something else new will be coming out, bite the bullet and splash the cash, it will certainly be worth it in the long run and you will be amazed at the difference between your P3 and your new PC.
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2GB ram is more than you actually need right now, 1 GB will do (alternative 512MB), and it is easilty upgraded later.
You will probably be fine without dual core processors since it will take a while for all the games to use the several cores efficiently. Right now, itīll only run faster if you use several programs at the same time.