GUNNER Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 He big guy. You seem to know quite a bit about CPUs and the such so I have a few Q's for ya. I have always been an intel guy. I know them, or at least better then AMD,and like them. I was just at Anandtech reading about the P4 1.4 and 1.5 and the problems with them and the RDram instead of SDram and the 850 boards and what not. It looks like most of those problems are gone and with the new socket 478 in place I was thinking a new 1.6 would be sweet. They have OEE ones for $132 and a nice MSI board for $100. So tell me why I would want an AMD. I know it might be faster and cheaper but I have never had one and would like to know some reasons why you like them. If you wouldn't mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 Ok, Well, two of the reasons you already mentioned, cheaper and faster (more bang for your buck). The third reason would be update-ability. The socket for the Athlon XP line is going to stay the same for at least another 1-2 years. So with a simple BIOS update for your motherboard you can keep it updated with newer, faster and cheaper Athlons. With the new KT333 motherboards coming out it's going to be even faster (although not that spectecular). With RDRam being so cheap and the P4 coming down in price, the edge for the Athlon is fading a bit. But I still like the Athlon platform better. Especially since I bought an nForce board. This integrated board rocks. Great sound, LAN onboard and good video on top of that too. Plus the unified driver. And it's only available for the Athlon. So there you have a couple of reasons. I've been using Athlons for so long now, it just makes more sense for me to keep using them. Maybe you feel the same about Pentiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER Posted February 28, 2002 Author Share Posted February 28, 2002 I am really familiar with the intels, at least more then AMD so that's my reason with sticking with then.. I do know that intel seems to find a CPU socket platform and then change it not to long after. All the new P4s are socket 423 and then they change to 478 and now the 423 boards are no longer upgradeable. You can still go up to a 1.6 though I think. But that seems like dumb thinking to me. Also the RDram on the socket 423 was a bad move. I did find an MSI 850Pro board for the socket 423 that was cheap, real cheap. Almost enough to want to get it and then buy a 1.6 and some RDram. what is a good mobo for an Athlon? Are all the new chips running the same socket design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Gunner, I was once in the same boat as you...but it got to the point where AMD was so much cheaper it was stupid to waste the money on intel. For me, I've used both amd and intel systems and it is honestly hard to tell the difference. I'm sure only the diehard PC enthusiasts can notice a difference...but even then AMDs can be better in some catagories than Intel. Intel isn't the single force in chips any longer. Both companies will be fighting each other for many years (I believe). Anyways, don't be too afraid, I'm sure you'll be happy with the extra cash in your wallet and less stress when you want to upgrade again. Swoosh AMD Now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER Posted February 28, 2002 Author Share Posted February 28, 2002 So where do I start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 I have both a system with a MSI KT266A and a MSI nForce board. They both are rock stable and fast as... well... really fast! There will be a couple of KT333 boards coming out in the couple of months, that will bring the price of KT266 boards down I guess... What else do you want to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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