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stracing · 08-08-2004, 09:01 AM

i have no idea which CPU to get. within my budget i could get a P4 3GHz or AMD Athlon64 3200

i pretty much do everything. encoding, games, office apps. I also want to make a home theatre PC out of it. i'll also be getting a HDTV tuner card. and lastly i use MATLAB a lot, so simply i need it to do mathematical calculations quickly.

another thing, i'd prolly won't upgrade for prolly another 4-5 yrs. which will still be better suited for futre applications 5 years later?

X-ale · 08-08-2004, 09:53 AM

It's not for nothing that AMD is cheaper... let's say they tend to melt more easely

TT · 08-08-2004, 09:57 AM

I voted for AMD.. cheaper, good performance and my XP1700+, with a couple extra vents it never melted in the past years

stracing · 08-08-2004, 10:32 AM

yea i know the future question was hard to answer coz computers move so quickly. but i had to ask coz i'm not a real expert

well if i was going to get AMD, the motherboard i was going to get was ASUS K8V SE Deluxe. the reviews said it was good compared to Gigabyte.

http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf this shop only has the two brands and this place is really really really cheap

furthermore, 1024MB Ram from Samsung and seagate 200gb SATA

mindgam3 · 08-08-2004, 01:21 PM

AMD - as TT said its cheaper and good performance. If you compare a P4 of the same value, AMD will almost always be better, especially for games and graphic orientated stuff. Thats the reason i bought mine, a XP1500+ and had it for a few years, never let me down so far, no problems with over heating at all.

SDK2003 · 08-08-2004, 02:40 PM

Get the AMD 64

SPEED_DEMON82 · 08-08-2004, 03:05 PM

Pal AMD is the way to go....me use an AMD Athlon XP 2600 its damn cool. Pentiums of the same specs r much too expensive n also do not perform as well as an equivalent AMD.....also as frm what i have readand seen, AMDs are more comaptible with any kind of motherboards than Pentiums.
Buy an AMD 64....the latest 1

DMbaseball1604 · 08-08-2004, 03:11 PM

I have always had intel, and Ive never had anything go wrong with it..the only reason I would say Intel over the AMD is because I have read that the Intel is much better with mulit-tasking because of H/T technology

AlienDB7 · 08-08-2004, 03:24 PM

Definitely the AMD, they rock in ScienceMark! For number crunching, AMD is much better than P4. The only reason to go with P4 is if you're a hardcore gamer with unlimited budget

Personally, I prefer to split the budget into 2 and just buy 2 "new" PCs during the 4-5yrs period. That way you get 2 relatively fast PCs for the same amount of money. Not to mention you get a spare one for some other use (like HTPC).

SDK2003 · 08-08-2004, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by DMbaseball1604

I have always had intel, and Ive never had anything go wrong with it..the only reason I would say Intel over the AMD is because I have read that the Intel is much better with mulit-tasking because of H/T technology

Yup true, the P4 is (was) the better Processor by miles for Video encoding but with the release of the new AMD 64 chip it's equals now.

itsthepham · 08-08-2004, 04:54 PM

hmm...Go with AMD. I have a 2400+ and a 2800+ super fast and hasnt given me any problems what so ever. Also, I tested my AMD XP 2400+ which is 1.99 ghz btw way...it totally out performs my dads Intel 2.66 ghz. hmm...AMD 64 bit processors I dont recommend yet due to that fact that its not capable which much things right now. But since you said you dont wanna upgrade for another 4-5 years. You could get it since by that time 64 bit would pretty much be out and about.

PATo355 · 08-08-2004, 05:09 PM

AmD , simply cuz they are more value for money , they are even faster than the Intel and cost less

08-08-2004, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by X-ale

It's not for nothing that AMD is cheaper... let's say they tend to melt more easely

n00b :roll:

stracing I can tell you after having 2 very similar systems (a64 3200+ and p4 3.2 northwood) that the amd will give the p4 a spanking in almost everything you can throw at it, and as thamar says if you go that route be sure to get nf3 motherboard not the via shit

itsthepham · 08-08-2004, 06:36 PM

Enough said so far. AMD owns. I dont think I will ever go intel...other than for a lap top.

stracing · 08-08-2004, 09:39 PM

thanx guys
ok i'll go with the AMD

so from this pricelist http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf which MB shall i get?

don't want to spend more than $200. this place is the cheapest in sydney and i don't want to go anywhere else