Roger
02-09-2007, 10:32 PM
On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:12:29 +1100, Rod <rodp@hotmail.com.removeme>
wrote:
>On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:06:13 -0500, Matthew Speed <mspeed@mspeed.net>
>wrote:
>
>>Thanks. I'm just going to order an Athlon X2 4800+ (the best 939 CPU
>>my MB can take.) That should address this and if it doesn't I have to
>>buy a new MB.
>
>The difference between my Ath 4600+ and My 6600 C2D I have now is
>remarkable. Save your cash and save for an Intel chip if you can.
Likewise I'd wait just a bit.
Currently Intel has a bit of an edge, but I'm waiting until AMD comes
out with their next step in late Winter or early spring. Then I'll
decide if my next machine is Intel or AMD.
I just finished an Athlon FX64 dual core with a core speed of 2800
auto OCd to 3000 to 3100 core speed. It's about 3X faster than my
older single core.
At present it's considerably cheaper than the Intel. Mo board,
processor, and 4 Gig of DDR2 (PC 6400 RAM) were about the price of the
Intel CPU alone. When the next step comes at AMD I expect to see the
Intel prices drop so I'd wait for that as it's probably only a couple
months away. Either way you save money and end up with more choices.
maybe even the graphics cards will have come down some more as well.
>
>Cheers,
>Rod.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
wrote:
>On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:06:13 -0500, Matthew Speed <mspeed@mspeed.net>
>wrote:
>
>>Thanks. I'm just going to order an Athlon X2 4800+ (the best 939 CPU
>>my MB can take.) That should address this and if it doesn't I have to
>>buy a new MB.
>
>The difference between my Ath 4600+ and My 6600 C2D I have now is
>remarkable. Save your cash and save for an Intel chip if you can.
Likewise I'd wait just a bit.
Currently Intel has a bit of an edge, but I'm waiting until AMD comes
out with their next step in late Winter or early spring. Then I'll
decide if my next machine is Intel or AMD.
I just finished an Athlon FX64 dual core with a core speed of 2800
auto OCd to 3000 to 3100 core speed. It's about 3X faster than my
older single core.
At present it's considerably cheaper than the Intel. Mo board,
processor, and 4 Gig of DDR2 (PC 6400 RAM) were about the price of the
Intel CPU alone. When the next step comes at AMD I expect to see the
Intel prices drop so I'd wait for that as it's probably only a couple
months away. Either way you save money and end up with more choices.
maybe even the graphics cards will have come down some more as well.
>
>Cheers,
>Rod.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com