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ahofle:

--- Quote from: divemaster127 on October 06, 2006, 11:26:30 am ---I looked yesterday & on pricewatch the Intels are now cheaper than the slower AMD x2 chips
dm

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The Core 2 Duo was cheaper?  Or the older intel chips were cheaper?
krick:
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/WCPG/article.php/3636096
Weekly CPU Prices - Week of October 2, 2006
October 4, 2006

Dual core AMD Athlon64 and Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs, sorted by price...

$160 Athlon 64 X2   3800+  2.0GHz  AM2    Retail
$175 Athlon 64 X2   3800+  2.0GHz  S939   Retail
$183 Core 2 Duo     E6300  1.86GHz LGA775 Retail
$185 Athlon 64 X2   4200+  2.2GHz  S939   Retail
$186 Athlon 64 X2   4200+  2.2GHz  AM2    Retail
$224 Core 2 Duo     E6400  2.13GHz LGA775 Retail
$227 Athlon 64 X2   4400+  2.2GHz  S939   Retail
$234 Athlon 64 X2   4600+  2.4GHz  S939   Retail
$245 Athlon 64 X2   4600+  2.4GHz  AM2    Retail
$280 Athlon 64 X2   4800+  2.4GHz  S939   Retail
$318 Core 2 Duo     E6600  2.4GHz  LGA775 Retail
$524 Core 2 Duo     E6700  2.66GHz LGA775 Retail
$569 Athlon 64      FX-60  2.6GHz  S939   Retail
$965 Core 2 Extreme X6800  2.93GHz LGA775 Retail
divemaster127:
The core duo 6400 is cheaper than the fastest amd X2 chips, its the low end of the intel duo chips but its kills the amd x2 chips in speed
dm
krick:
If I was going to buy any of the Core 2 chips, I'd only consider the chips with 4MB cache...


Extreme X6800 2,933 MHz x11 266 MHz (FSB1066 QDR) 4 MB cache
Duo E6700     2,666 MHz X10 266 MHz (FSB1066 QDR) 4 MB cache
Duo E6600     2,400 MHz X9  266 MHz (FSB1066 QDR) 4 MB cache
Duo E6400     2,133 MHz X8  266 MHz (FSB1066 QDR) 2 MB cache
Duo E6300     1,866 MHz X7  266 MHz (FSB1066 QDR) 2 MB cache


...so that's basically the E6600 and up.
Level42:
I hope you guys are all talking about your desktop PC's, cause I really don't see the sense of a dua core proc in a Mame cab :D

I've been actualy switching between AMD and Intel over the past years. However the PC I had before the one I have now (which is starting to build up some serious dust since I got my Mac Mini a couple of weeks ago) was AMD, but was having quite some problems. I think most were BIOS related (soundcard, later other newer cards, even after BIOS upgrades) so not AMD's fault, but still this made me decide for an Intel chipset Mobo + proc back then. However, the el-cheapo mobo and proc in my mame machine is AMD again, plenty of power and since I opted for a "mobile" proc and doesn't need so much cooling......which brings me to my ultra-silent Mac Mini.......yes Intel Core2 and I gotta say I love every minute with it.

I haven't used a computer in such silence since my Atari 130XE :D
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