AMD Athlon 64 3200+ - Athlon 64 Venice Single-Core 2.2 GHz Socket 754 59W Processor - ADA3200AI04BX - OEM

Pros: Price - forty-nine dollars for a 64-bit 2.2GHz proc with full speed 512KB cache

Speed - Don't let the 2.2GHz fool you, if you slap this on a good socket 754 board, you're going to get 95% of the speed of the 939 and AM2 users in pretty much everything
OCability - Got it running at 2.6GHz at 37C, 2.8GHz at 43C, haven't gone any higher, cause, well, that's plenty

Cons: I guess if you consider it being Socket 754 a con, then there you go.
OEM, so you takes your chances when it comes to installation and OC'ing. If you fry it up, you're stuck with CPU and chips, there's no warranty for sloppy and stupid.

Overall Review: This 3200+ is the end of an age for a fine generation of CPUs. The benefits of dual channel RAM and DDR2 are small, unnoticeable by the naked eye in most situations. Dual core is nice, but quad is where your next step should be. Until then, you're not going to regret paying less than half a benjamin for such a nice processor.

Pros: Don't know yet

Cons: Processor arrived with bent pins so RMA. The board that this processor came with was also DOA but couldn't test it until i got another processor. So now I am waiting on another combo, lost $$$.

Overall Review: None