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| oyama82:
plus p4 is more flexible than atom,because atom motherboards are limited to pci(old pci not express) I would go for the atom for one and only reason:power consumption |
| deepblue:
I can't say I agree - I wouldn't recommend anyone go out and buy this processor as a net new purchase for their MAME machine. As Delusional pointed out you can put together a rig for less than $200 that will perform much better. Alternatively (as I said above), hit up Kijiji with your budget and get something a year or two old that performs 3-4x faster CPU-wise than the Atom. The benchmark on that 230 is lower than my 8 year old P4 2.53Ghz. That said I wouldn't recommend anyone "buying" a P4 either - if you have one gathering dust in the basement however, different story. |
| deepblue:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on August 19, 2010, 03:10:24 pm ---Just get an old Xbox. --- End quote --- I didn't even see this comment, and it is a good suggestion - if you're on a REALLY tight budget, you can usually get an Xbox for 40 bucks with everything you need. |
| oyama82:
he had an xbox and he wants to ditch it with the p4 plus an agp card he can even play street fighter 4 with the atom no but of course only if he find it cheap,they dont sell new anyways |
| ragnar:
--- Quote from: deepblue on August 19, 2010, 04:08:17 pm ---I can't say I agree - I wouldn't recommend anyone go out and buy this processor as a net new purchase for their MAME machine. As Delusional pointed out you can put together a rig for less than $200 that will perform much better. Alternatively (as I said above), hit up Kijiji with your budget and get something a year or two old that performs 3-4x faster CPU-wise than the Atom. The benchmark on that 230 is lower than my 8 year old P4 2.53Ghz. That said I wouldn't recommend anyone "buying" a P4 either - if you have one gathering dust in the basement however, different story. --- End quote --- Craigslist is loaded with many many computers that are Mame worthy that can be had for under $100. I lucked out and got mine from a relative for free. Alot of people these days have 5 year old PCs laying around doing nothing and they are therefore almost worthless. |
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