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| Thread ID: 62301 | 2005-10-03 23:00:00 | Athlon 64 or Pentium 4? | zahmad (8963) | Press F1 |
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| 393107 | 2005-10-05 01:17:00 | Look you did say you're gonna use it for general use right? Then you don't need all that fancy FX/X2(dual core) stuff... Just get a decent speed Athlon64 and you're set.... Athlon64s are cheap and will handle Win Vista.... | Azrael (4666) | ||
| 393108 | 2005-10-05 03:38:00 | I want dual core because I'm planning on getting Windows Vista Ultimate Edition! | zahmad (8963) | ||
| 393109 | 2005-10-05 04:27:00 | I want dual core because I'm planning on getting Windows Vista Ultimate Edition! You shouldn't be buying Hardware on the fact you want to run a OS that hasn't even been released yet, spec's could change, it's going to be old the time vista comes out in 2006 or was that 2007.. It's like buying tyres for a car I don't own yet MS isn't even sure on the spec's yet |
plod (107) | ||
| 393110 | 2005-10-05 04:59:00 | i had an Athlon chip, and it fried my motherboard... Athlon is the one to get for Gaming, but you have to make sure that you have plently of ventilation and fans. When i was going around and looking for a motherboard and CPU, the shops said to go to Pentium 4, since i wasn't willing to pay $1000 to set the box up to be able to cool it down properly so i didn't have a repeat experience. A few of the shops refused to stock AMD and would only order it up if the customers wanted it, but AMD is the one to go if you're big on gaming. It's up to your personal preference i guess. I've never had any problems until i went to Athlon (my computer never functioned properly, and it would heat up instantly no matter how many fans i put it so it ended up frying itself), so i'd choose the Pentium over Athlon. |
zky (8997) | ||
| 393111 | 2005-10-05 05:18:00 | i had an Athlon chip, and it fried my motherboard . . . Athlon is the one to get for Gaming, but you have to make sure that you have plently of ventilation and fans . When i was going around and looking for a motherboard and CPU, the shops said to go to Pentium 4, since i wasn't willing to pay $1000 to set the box up to be able to cool it down properly so i didn't have a repeat experience . A few of the shops refused to stock AMD and would only order it up if the customers wanted it, but AMD is the one to go if you're big on gaming . It's up to your personal preference i guess . I've never had any problems until i went to Athlon (my computer never functioned properly, and it would heat up instantly no matter how many fans i put it so it ended up frying itself), so i'd choose the Pentium over Athlon . I've been using Athlons for the last 7 years . . . Not a problem with them . . . |
Azrael (4666) | ||
| 393112 | 2005-10-05 05:51:00 | i had an Athlon chip, and it fried my motherboard . . . Athlon is the one to get for Gaming, but you have to make sure that you have plently of ventilation and fans . When i was going around and looking for a motherboard and CPU, the shops said to go to Pentium 4, since i wasn't willing to pay $1000 to set the box up to be able to cool it down properly so i didn't have a repeat experience . A few of the shops refused to stock AMD and would only order it up if the customers wanted it, but AMD is the one to go if you're big on gaming . It's up to your personal preference i guess . I've never had any problems until i went to Athlon (my computer never functioned properly, and it would heat up instantly no matter how many fans i put it so it ended up frying itself), so i'd choose the Pentium over Athlon . Im pretty sure stupidity runs rampant in the computer industry, i know some machine builders who only use intel and whose knowledge is restricted to Intel marketing, they are also normally under the impression that a Nvidia card is "the wicked" irrilvent of the model and are bunging FX5200 into gaming machines as fast as they can, but only becauise they can no longer source "teh awesome" G4MX . I also know of a shop that refuses to sell PSU's,they have there reasons, and they equate to sheer dick-headness . Anyhow, sounds like you had some faulty gear, it should have been fixed under warrenty before it died . |
Metla (12) | ||
| 393113 | 2005-10-05 06:07:00 | it was 'fixed' twice, but after a couple of weeks of getting it back, it would start playing up again. | zky (8997) | ||
| 393114 | 2005-10-05 06:14:00 | I thought that PIVs ran hotter than equivilent athlons? | Greven (91) | ||
| 393115 | 2005-10-05 08:04:00 | I thought that PIVs ran hotter than equivilent athlons? Prescott yes, northwood probably about the same. |
vapo (5203) | ||
| 393116 | 2005-10-05 20:48:00 | So Ahtlon 64 it is. | zahmad (8963) | ||
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