Pentium D with 7600GT or AM2 with 7600GT

[Odoj]

I am planning to purchase a moderate gaming PC. (shoestring budget of Rs. 20,000/= excluding Monitor, HDD and Optical drives)

So far I shortlisted two configuration:

Intel Pentium D (dual core)+Intel D102 GGC2 ('coz it supports DDR2 )
GeForce 7600GT (256MB)
1GB DDR2 RAM (Hynix)

AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ AM2 (940 Pin)
ASUS A8N-E
1GB DDR RAM (Confused if A8N-E supports DDR2? )
GeForce 7600GT (256MB)

Can anyone comment on above?
I would be thankful if someone could suggest any other alternative (accomodating my budget)

[drvarunmehta]

You budget of 20k is only for mobo, proccy, RAM and graphics card?
Does it include speakers, keyboard/mouse, cabinet, PSU?
I'm going to assume it dosen't.

Athlon64 3000+ socket AM2 Rs. 4000
or
Athlon64 X2 3600+ socket AM2 Rs. 6600

Asus M2N-MX Rs. 4300
1 GB DDR2 RAM Rs. 5000
Forsa Geforce 7600GT Rs. 8800

Total Rs. 22,100

I suggest you take a AMD AM2 based PC because C2D is not in your budget and the Pentium D series is crap. If your budget is strictly 20k then take the 3000+ but if you can increase a little bit then get the X2 3600+ which is dual core. Make sure you get socket AM2 and not the old socket 939. This will give you some scope to upgrade later on.

[akshayt]

don't get asus am2 mobos, they are crap.

[drvarunmehta]

Do you not read the entire post before writing something?
Look at the budget first and then comment.

Pentium D sucks, C2D is not in budget and 939 is outdated. So what other choice is there apart from AM2?
The M2N-MX is perfectly fine for everything except OCing and not everyone needs to OC.

[Odoj]

Originally Posted by drvarunmehta

Do you not read the entire post before writing something?
Look at the budget first and then comment.

Pentium D sucks, C2D is not in budget and 939 is outdated. So what other choice is there apart from AM2?
The M2N-MX is perfectly fine for everything except OCing and not everyone needs to OC.

I think you make a lot of sense. My budget is 20K but I would cough up 2.5K to 3K extra. I do have supporting accessories (K/b, Mouse, Speakers etc.)
OCing can never be in my purview so I am planning to go by your advise.

[Odoj]

Originally Posted by drvarunmehta

I suggest you take a AMD AM2 based PC because C2D is not in your budget and the Pentium D series is crap. If your budget is strictly 20k then take the 3000+ but if you can increase a little bit then get the X2 3600+ which is dual core. Make sure you get socket AM2 and not the old socket 939. This will give you some scope to upgrade later on.

I had been to some replies posted by you regarding C2D. I think, I can accomodate C2D in my budget by leaving GFX card for future buy.
I decided to go for E6400 with 512MB Corsair DDR2. I am confused over mobo. One of your replies suggested ASUS P5LD2-VMSE. Still thinking over it.
Any other suggestions or alternatives?

I have a budget of 20K-22K for Proc, Mobo, 80GBSATA and Cabinet with PS.