AMD vs Intel [Was:Re:OT: PIII vs Celeron]

Tyler Aviss tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Jun 4 16:34:23 UTC 2008


What are you using them for?
One thing to check out also is what the motherboards are. I'd probably
go with the AMD systems, but I've seen plenty of older AMD boards that
were no good (crappy onboard peripherals, blown/puffy caps, etc). I
don't buy a lot of Intel stuff myself, but I have seen more el-cheapo
AMD boards than Intel for some reason.

Any specs on what else is in 'em?

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:38 PM, John Moniz <john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Given the performance you can get in a cheap $400 machine new these
>> days, it's getting hard to justify even looking at perfectly good old
>> computers, never mind those that are getting flacky.
>
> You're right Lennart. By coincidence, I now have the opportunity through my
> employer to buy some Compaq Presarios and HP Pavilions. I have never bought
> a brand name PC before, but the prices are not bad.
>
> The biggest choice I have to make is whether to go for an Intel Pentium Dual
> Core or an AMD 64x2 Dual Core. The AMD's available seem to be higher speeds
> (eg. Intel dual core 1.6 & 1.8GHz vs AMD dual core 2.3, 2.6 & 2.7 GHz).
> Naturally, the price goes up the faster the CPU.
>
> I haven't seen much discussion lately on AMD vs Intel dual cores. Are they
> about equivalent?
>
> I think one more concern is whether I should expect problems with the SATA
> drives (they all come with large SATA drives).
>
> John.
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