Why not P4? saves you a lot of trouble and "heat", and gives you stability!!!
They are cheap too. (not as much as athlon) And you definetyely do not need a 2.4GHz. get a 1.4, 1.8 or something
I have 3 computers already ;(, 2 with an AMD chip inside, 1 of which uses the sweet nForce 415:D The other one is powered by a SuperMicro P3TDDE and a pair of 800EB PIII's. I'm waiting for the 1.4 Pentium III-S chips to drop a bit from their 300 bucks a crack price. That and I seriously need to look at a different car!:(
I've half debated getting a P4 box so I can have another SETI crucher:D. I want to build a LAN box, so I may get a P4 1.6 or whatever's the slowest I can get when I build it. I want to have a P4 system to play with, but it all comes down to money.
So much hardware, so little cash:(