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| Darq:
I have access to a P4 2.4 or 2.8 or an athlon 3400+. I'm trying to piece together the comp for a mame system. Just curious if one is better than the others? I'll have to get a mobo regardless so would it be better just to pick up a barebones cpu/mobo combo instead of trying to recycle the older cpus? Thanks guys. |
| clickhea:
pentium vs athlon is an on going debate, you have your pentium lovers and you have your haters athlon had the lead back in the day, but from what i remember reading recently pentium has the market right now. |
| DeLuSioNal29:
They are all about the same. However, since you don't have the MB yet, I would research to see which ones use the DDR2 ram which is dirt cheap now. I got mine from Tigerdirect.com and after rebate it came out to $40 for 2 GB or DDR2 ram! DDR is more expensive so try to avoid motherboards that have that. So, in a nutshell, I would compare both Intel Motherboards vs. AMD motherboards and then come up with the better of the 2 based on the ram. ~ D |
| Cero21:
An athon 3400+ is roughly equivalent to a P4 3.4 Ghz. Therefore go for the athlon. |
| DeLuSioNal29:
I went to Tigerdirect.com and here's what I bought (all for about $200 after rebate) - AMD Athlon X2 (dual core) 4000+ (1000 mhz FSB) - Mini ATX Socket AM2 Motherboard with on board audio, on board Nvidia video with PCIe for upgrading - 2 GB of DDR 2 Ram (800mhz) - Mini ATX case with power supply included I already had a hard drive which I bought for $50 (160 gb) It runs like a champ! The AMD 4000+ chip costs $69.99. ~ D |
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