building a new amd rig, I need help with some decisions please!!!

Ok here is the deal. I am tring to upgrade to a new machine. Ive had my AMD for almost 2 years and Im ready for some new stuff.

What I have now:

AMD 2500+ Barton OCed at 2.21Ghz
Asus A7N8X Deluxe REV2.0
2x512MB PC3200 Kingston Hyper-X
36GB Raptor 10K
AGP 8x ATi X800 Pro (retail ati card)

Here is what ive bought for the new rig so far:

Nvidia BFG 6800 Ultra OC 256MB PCI Express
74GB Raptor 10K


I also have this Dell Optiplex GX280 that is the new Mini tower with the BTX board. I bought a 3.6Ghz 560 Prescott for that and a 2x512MB DDR2 533Mhz kit of the Giel memory. I was thinking of putting my 36Gb raptor in this and selling it on ebay to get money to complete the new rig.

Now heres my problem:

Should I get a AMD 3800+ X2 and the Asus A8N Premium to put with my new stuff. Or should I keep this 3.6Ghz prescott and buy a ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE board (any suggestions for another OCable board for the 3.6 would be appreciated!). Keep in mind here that I will be overclocking this on air to the max, I dont want to water cool. I hear the X2 3800 can go all the way to were it registers in windows as a 4800+ X2 on air alone(an $884 processor!)

No need for the double post.

I figured amd and intel guys would give different opinions, sorry....

What you hear about the X2 is accurate, but if you already knew what our answer would be based on our processor biases, why post at all?

Yep, a X2 3800+ paired with a DFI and some good ram can hit and even past the X2 4800+ stock speeds. But even if your at the same clock speed as the X2 4800+, you don't have the same L2 Cache as the X2 4800+.

But anyways, I'd say go for the X2 3800+ paired with a Epox or DFI, grab some good ram and you can hit some nice speeds.