I want to upgrade my system. Currently my main system is a Dell Precision 370 with a Pentium 4 530 3.0 MHz with Windows XP Pro. but I have an older system that I can reuse the case, floppy, DVD-RW and 300W PSU and I have a WDCWD3200AAJS SATA hard drive that I can use. I need a motherboard and processor and if I get an AM3 motherboard, DDR3 memory. Stuff like a new case, a better power supply, and more memory I can get one piece at a time
I'm thinking of getting an AM3 785G or 790GX motherboard. If I get something like a Phenom 955 processor, that's pretty much it forever. I'm not going to pull and throw away a $200 processor. So when the 32mn processors come out next year, I'll look at them and read the specs, but I won't get one.
But if I get the $40 Sempron, that's a different story. Then I can get a 32nm AM3 Phenom (Phenom III?) for a couple hundred bucks and throw the Sempron away.