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| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: DaveJ-UK on May 19, 2004, 04:38:16 pm ---Pay the extra few $ for an Intel chip. It will last ten times longer and you'll get a 3yr warranty if you buy new. --- End quote --- Personally, I like the AMD for about $30 less. You get a 3yr warranty with it too if you buy the retail and not the OEM version (and dont crack the core installing it - - - . |
| blue:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 19, 2004, 04:49:59 pm --- --- Quote ---Personally, I like the AMD for about $30 less. You get a 3yr warranty with it too if you buy the retail and not the OEM version (and dont crack the core installing it - - - . --- End quote --- --- End quote --- I did that once... thankfully it was only a $50 oem chip... ::) And yes i have a 3yr Wr. with my AMD also. |
| Warborg:
--- Quote from: DaveJ-UK on May 19, 2004, 04:38:16 pm ---Pay the extra few $ for an Intel chip. It will last ten times longer and you'll get a 3yr warranty if you buy new. --- End quote --- That's about an ignorant statement... I've been running AMD systems solidly for years, overclocking and all without issue, as well as many people I know. |
| pointdablame:
--- Quote from: DaveJ-UK on May 19, 2004, 04:38:16 pm ---Pay the extra few $ for an Intel chip. It will last ten times longer and you'll get a 3yr warranty if you buy new. --- End quote --- That is an absurd comment, but then again, you didn't actually give anyone any "information" either, so I'll chock that one up to fanboyism. I've built a lot of Athlon systems lately, so I'm admitedly a bit biased, but I do think that they are quite a bargain. You get comparable speed and performance for a lower price with AMD. Also, I've found the newer AthlonXPs to be great overclockers. If you really wanted, grab yourself a MOBILE AthlonXP 2500+. You can be almost 100% certain that it will overclock to 3200+ speeds with no problems, and very good temperatures. You really can't beat that for the price, and you'll more than likely end up with 3200+ speeds or better. There is nothing wrong with Intel CPUs. They are very stable and you'll do fine with one as well. You asked for opinions however, and I'd have to say go AMD. You won't be making any real compromises, and you'll be saving money that can be put back into the cab :) |
| dabone:
I work for a computer distributor and the difference is not with the cpus. (Both are good) but the quality of the motherboards. I use Intel cpus on Intel motherboards, we sell a few hundred a month and over the past few years I'd say that AMD mb's (Abit, asus, msi, gigabyte, ecs, and other misc ones) have about a 10X more failure rate than the actual intel boards. Now the cpus have been about equal. It just seems that the asian mb makers cut every corner they can. (I.E. remember the caps on the motherboards that started failing in huge numbers? It's because the mb makers bought from a company that was making sub standard componets) This little fiasco cost my company thousands of dollars in warranty. (We give 2 years on all systems, but the boards only have a 1 year) Also if you get a real intel mb it has a 3 year warranty also. Just my 2 cents. And I've been in computer reselling for 16 years, so this is not just a newbie talking about working at bestbuy. Later, dabone |
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