Uh, why a performance guide?

Honestly, I came from the days of the original Gameboy. I am thrilled to death with what my PSP is able to do, and I earnestly despise Sony. I don't begrudge it's load times; however, I do begrudge the lack of games and the missing 2nd analog joystick!

I paid all of 100 bucks for my AMD opteron 146. It runs at 3.0Ghz at around 45 degrees (air) and prime 95 stable. Save your money on the processor and get an opty to OC, throw the rest of your hard-earned cash at a good ram and a nice GPU. The overclocking community is generally quite helpful w/ all the hurdles you'll encounter along the way.