Still AMD ATHLON 3000 and asus via k8 boards Live!

Even though technology has creeped well above expectations , older amd athlon 3000+ and asus k8v mx kind of boards rock and provide more than desent enough performance in every aspects. From my personal experience i would say that its enough for direct x 9 gaming , multimedia usage, video editing , speed browsing and even compatible with vista if sufficient amount of ram and video card is provided. Even older nvidia fx 5200 cards can be a wonderwhe used with the above mentioned cpu and mobo. So for those who feel that such a system is older one , do not underestimate it since it provides more than satisfactory performance. There is o point in investing so much to get a in form high budjet system and not unleashing its full potential. Virtually no home users can utilize the full power of todays cpu's and boards since they simply do very basic work with their systems.No upgrade without knowing how much u are going to strain your system and how much power it can afford .It looks quite meaningfull, isn't it ?