Which System To Buy??

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:) hey watsup People!!

I upgrading my 2ghz system to something faster. Which processor would be better interms of performance and gaming

Should i get the Prescott 3ghz or the LGA775 3ghz.

Please can u also tellme the difference between the 2 (besides no. of pins)
 
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If you MUST go for intel, then the 775 would be better, basicaly because all the new motherboards are designed for 775, and you barely get 478 boards with PCI-E. 478 is simply outdated. The new 775's (the 600 sieries i think) has more cache (2MB compared to 1MB), has SSE3 instructions, and also EM64T 64-bit instructions, AFAIK there are a few other small differences aswell.

But Intels suck, they are heavy on power, they run moerse hot, per watt and per Mhz AMD has much better performace, and AMD's are cheaper.

Most of the guys here will tell you AMD is much better!
 
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kongwane said:
thanks dude, i'll take my chances
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E-mail me what you are looking for or the price range you are willing to spend. I draw up a Quote for you. Also Feel free to E-mail me with Q's you have and i'll be more than willing to help you out.

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COME NOW DONT BE SILLY

buy amd 3200+ its the same price as the 3gig i think and way better

buy amd not intel
 
killadoob said:
COME NOW DONT BE SILLY

buy amd 3200+ its the same price as the 3gig i think and way better

buy amd not intel
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Specifically Athlon 64 - these processors kick ass!
 
yea i got a 3000+ and its awesome

ive only ever had amd because intel is only top because ppl know them

so stop buying intel
 
if you want reliabile and compatible with all sorts of hardware system, without the need for constant patches and hacks to make it work, Intel is the way to go!

If you want marginaly faster system (for some applications) that requires a lot of babysitting and reading forums how to make it actually work, then go for AMD
 
I have never found any applications that does not work on my AMD 64.

And never had to tweak and struggle to get anything to work.

Same goes for my Duron and AMD Athlon 1700+ in years gone by.
 
swordfish1 said:
if you want reliabile and compatible with all sorts of hardware system, without the need for constant patches and hacks to make it work, Intel is the way to go!

If you want marginaly faster system (for some applications) that requires a lot of babysitting and reading forums how to make it actually work, then go for AMD
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Utter hogwash. Please don't post useless rubbish like this.
 
AMD is the best at the moment.

My AMD 64 3200+ 939 chip runs at 10x280FSB = 2800Mhz 24/7.

And it does so at just a few degrees above ambient temperature.
The Prescotts I hear run very hot.
The AMD64 3000+ I have heard can clock just as high as the 3200+, but the Multiplier are locked on AMD, so the 3000+ has a multiplier of 9 or 9.5, not caring to check.
 
I'm an Intel boy but even i say go for the newer AMD chips. If u wait a couple of months AMD is bringing out some new 64 bit chips that are stated to be pretty good. I posted a link some time ago. So if u wait till then, current chip prices should fall as the new chips make it in to the market. Duel core is also a future saver kinda chip. Duel core chips are a better investment (should not get out dated too fast) but a bit more expensive. So u got more choices than telkom has excuses. IMO i would wait till the new chips hit the market and wait for some benchmarks then decide. 2ghz is still pretty fast and adiquite for most applications.
 
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BTTB,San diego multis are unlocked..
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Thats interesting.
I have not been following the latest news.
At the moment I am using the Venice Core, which I think is a pretty decent chip for the amount of vooma it gives.
 
ok guys thanks for flaming me ... I have had AMD PCs in the past and they have been piece of sihts all of them ... there are always some driver issues, you need to upgrade your bios/chipset drivers every week and some other crap like that. Not to mention the blue screens, freezing etc. I don't seem to remember an AMD PC that worked straight out of the box properly, although after substantial amount of pain you can get it to work.

Since I moved to intel, I have not seen blue screen, and linux works far better too, no need for fancy drivers and crap like that.

When I posted my opinion about AMD, I rather meant that the AMD platforms are pain in the arse, not the CPU chip itself. I haven't seen any worst chipset than VIA for example! Don't know how they survive still. Not to mention SIS and other inferior stuff. The other day was comparing Intel ICH7R with one of the nForce chipsets, sorry but nForce has a long way to go.

Bottom line:
entusiast PC, AMD is the way to go
reliable, easy to setup and install platform, Intel is the way to go

by the way, when I say Intel, I mean Intel CPU + Intel chipset, if you put intel CPU with some crap VIA or SIS chipset you are looking for the same trouble as with AMD
 
Now that was a heck of a lot better than your previous post. :)

AMD systems these days - particularly the Athlon64 with an nForce 4 chipset (IMO) are particularly good.

I can't honestly comment about the earlier nForce chipsets, or other current ones either.

I do agree with you, though, that the older AMD XP systems, particularly with a VIA chipset sucked.
 
:)

I read review about the RAID 5 on nForce 4 compared to Intel ICH7R. The nForce is just so far behind, much slower (like 3-5 times slower), unreliable configuration tools etc etc. ... so it doesn't seem to me that all problems have been solved, even on those new chipsets.

so it all depends on what you want, and although I can battle out all the AMD platform related problems, I don't feel like doing it, so I wouldn't recommend it to people that are not prepared to handle any surprises either. I have my 2 intel based PCs at home (CPU + mobo are intel), and both work like a charm, one with windows one with linux, I haven't had a single crash on either system for the 2 years since I have them, and the one box is running 24x7, I am restarting it only when major power failure occurs (have a ups for the small ones). Now I am upgrading (only because I need RAID 5 and dual VGA cards), and I will go for Intel again.
 
well i install lotsa via chitset pc's never have a problem

for office stuff amd with gigabyte boards the 395 ones are just fine

never had to update or install anything just load windows update and there ya go
 
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