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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Castor27, Mar 15, 2002.

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  1. Castor27

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    I finally talked my wife into letting me get a new computer. I want to decide which processor to get. In the past I have always gotten Pentium because the AMD chips were not up to par with them. Now they are catching up and even surpassing them. I want to solicit opinions on which type I should get. To help you out a little i will tell you wha ti plan on using my Comp. for. I do a lot of gaming and internet work so i want something that can handle the load of todays games. i plan on buying a top of the line(by todays standards) system. I will be going with a 2.0 GHZ or the AMD equivalent. Money is not a concern so I don't have to go with the least expensive. I want the computer to last about 3-4 years. My current system is 4 years old and beginning to be on the low performance end of what i use it for. GIve me some ideas. What would you get and what are the reasons behind your choice?

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    #1 Castor27, Mar 15, 2002
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    AMD athlon 4 processor I have it on my laptop ZERO probs
    I like athlon myself:D
     
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    Are you buying an OEM or building yourself?

    Intel definitely has nice processors, but right now the best value is the AMD Athlon XP. It's also a GREAT performer and very reliable as well.
     
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    My neighbor is a chip designer at Intel. He was shocked about the new Athlons. He said he couldn't blame me when I purchased a dual Athlon recently.

    I use it for software development and SQL server; the Athlons are very impressive (the 2 GB of RAM and RAID didn't hurt, either).

    I purchased from Xi.
     
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    Wait just a bit tho . . .wait about a month if you can -- there is a NEW Athlon XP coming based on the .13 micron process. It'll be the "Thoroughbred". Although, if you are buying OEM, you likely wouldn't see that chip until about 3 weeks after it comes out.

    Personally, I can't wait for the Clawhammer. Looks very interesting.
     
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    Thanks for the help. I am going OEM because I don't have the time to build it myself right now. I think from the responses I got I will probably go with the Athlon(the way i was actually leaning, but wanted to make sure I was making the right decision).
     
    #7 Castor27, Mar 17, 2002
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    I just bought two Dell Pentium 4 machines (4400, 1.6GHz), and I love them. But I can't really compare the Athlon or anything since I've not used an AMD machine since I had a 450MHz one back a couple of years ago.

    I've been using two Celeron machines (366MHz and 433MHz), so I've obviously taken a huge step forward computerwise from what I was using.
     
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