Posted by TwoZigzagColt45
Up until recently the favoured choice was AMD for price & performance
Now its intel with the new P4 3.06 with hyper threading enabled is without a doubt the finest chip on the market
yes intel is very expensive but if you compare chips of a similar processing speed the intel P4 is acually cheaper
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.00 GHz) "Thoroughbred" Core £147.16
Intel Pentium® 4 CPU 2.0GHz (400FSB) 512k Cache (Northwood) £134.18
check here for P4's 3.06 spec
Posted by Sazar
twozigzag probably does not deal with AMD products much
Posted by TwoZigzagColt45
your right there
Fitting an athlon is like rocket science & can work out quite expensive when you've finished adding extra cooling.
the P4's are a good all rounder & should serve you well for many years
I cant say the same for athlon
The normal running temperatures for an athlon not only reduces the life of the chip but also its surrounding components
unless of course you've invested in a proper cooling system & fitted it correctly like you have Sazar.
but not all of us have your knowledge and expertise
Posted by Sazar
:for melon:
what is it that you want to know... list the items you would like to know and we will go from there... am sure there are a lot of people out there who can explain things to you in detail...
Posted by melon
(Perhaps this deserves its own separate topic, but anyway...)
I'm building a new system. I'm currently running an AMD Athlon 1.33 GHz, and, truthfully, I've hit the wall in terms of computing power I need for higher end video applications that I use. So, basically, I'm attempting to build a new computer with the biggest bang for the buck.
So far, I've been scoping out what is the "best." Of course, the "best" includes stuff like the ATI Radeon 9700 / GeForce FX, along with the Intel 3.0 GHz w/ hyper threading; but, looking at their costs, it is flat out going to be too much money for me at this point (plus, I'd like to get a good system before Orwellian spyware crap like DRM comes out ). Looking at AMD, there are several factors that have attracted me to it, such as the fact that it is cheaper and generally performs better than Intel at their respective specific hertz levels (i.e., a 1.33 GHz AMD is faster than a 1.33 GHz Intel). Plus, the motherboards offered for AMD seem to have more stuff on them...lol.
So far, I'm impressed with two motherboards: the Gigabyte GA-7VAXP and now the Chaintech nForce2 mobo--because of all the stuff packed in these boards. I do like the fact that the nForce2 would likely have onboard video, as that would be one less thing I would need to upgrade.
Any thoughts?
Melon
Posted by Goldy
Sazar its all fine and well making a note like that but I must say that yet again your Info is flawed. The Q is Intel or AMD. You have replied stating that it would cost $400 more to purchase CPU/Board/RAM well I think that you will find that it is you who has swayed from the topic, I mean who mentioned Board/RAM
Anyhow here is the correct comparison in price as checked in the UK
LN4345 2.8GHz (533FSB) Intel Pentium® 4 CPU 512k Cache * S478 * 289.00 339.58
LN4568 AMD Athlon XP 2700+ *333 FSB* (2.17 GHz) "Thoroughbred" Core **READY TO SHIP** 262.27 308.17
I have compared the 2700+ to the 2.8g which is quite unfair to the intel chip as it offers much more performance.
Scan very competitive prices
Sazar I understand where you are comming from but you are wrong.
the headline of the conclusion of that article?Intel Rule's
I think you should check your info Sazar unless you know more than AMD themselves, as I'm sure that if AMD could get away with it they would have named that chip the 3000+
Check outHere
The 2800+ can only just keep up with the 2.8g from Intel
P.S. I notice how the 2800+ has been released in winter