I am looking into buiding a new computer (of course, I am gaming with it), so I may have a few posts on these boards...
I'm sure that this topic has been talked to death, so, sorry if its a dead horse, but i have to know if i am ever going to start buying parts. I want to get the motherboard first, but i need to know what proc to stick in it.
Mostly anyone who I see/talk to who knows anything about computers or builds thier own PC uses AMD procs. So, checking out the specs on them, I saw that they are seemingly inconsistant with the performance reported by people who use them. So I figure that I must be (and I am) uninformed on this topic, so, before i go out and buy an AMD anyway, I had better figure out what is so good about them, or if i should just go Intel.
This is what i am wondering over:
399.97:
Intel Pentium 4
Processor Clock Speed: 3.06GHz
Cache Size: 512KB
Processor Interface: Socket 478
Bus Speed: 533MHz
449.99:
AMD Athlon
Processor Speed: 2.2GHz XP 3200+
Cache Size: 512KB
Processor Socket: Socket A
Bus Speed: 400MHz
Well, there's the price first of all. I thought these were supposed to be cheaper? The value per dollor isnt there for AMD, just by the numbers alone (I'm still waitng on the rest of the story from you guys
)These prices were obtained from Tigerdirect.com 10/27/03
It >looks< like the Intels perform faster, from the specs. I mean, isnt having an 800FSB better than having 400? Is the FSB not how fast data can be extanged between the proc and everything else? Come to think of it, i guess i should claim ignorance and ask, What the heck is an FSB?
Also, it looks like the Intels run at a higher GHZ than the AMDs. I understand this is cyles per second. Could anyone elaborate on this a litte? Like i said, the Intels look like they run faster.
With all due respect, please don't talk to me about overclocking. I am not looking into doing that at this time, i would rather get something great out of the box than get something good out of the box that i can force into being something great.
Thanks
Xenix
I'm sure that this topic has been talked to death, so, sorry if its a dead horse, but i have to know if i am ever going to start buying parts. I want to get the motherboard first, but i need to know what proc to stick in it.
Mostly anyone who I see/talk to who knows anything about computers or builds thier own PC uses AMD procs. So, checking out the specs on them, I saw that they are seemingly inconsistant with the performance reported by people who use them. So I figure that I must be (and I am) uninformed on this topic, so, before i go out and buy an AMD anyway, I had better figure out what is so good about them, or if i should just go Intel.
This is what i am wondering over:
399.97:
Intel Pentium 4
Processor Clock Speed: 3.06GHz
Cache Size: 512KB
Processor Interface: Socket 478
Bus Speed: 533MHz
449.99:
AMD Athlon
Processor Speed: 2.2GHz XP 3200+
Cache Size: 512KB
Processor Socket: Socket A
Bus Speed: 400MHz
Well, there's the price first of all. I thought these were supposed to be cheaper? The value per dollor isnt there for AMD, just by the numbers alone (I'm still waitng on the rest of the story from you guys
)These prices were obtained from Tigerdirect.com 10/27/03It >looks< like the Intels perform faster, from the specs. I mean, isnt having an 800FSB better than having 400? Is the FSB not how fast data can be extanged between the proc and everything else? Come to think of it, i guess i should claim ignorance and ask, What the heck is an FSB?
Also, it looks like the Intels run at a higher GHZ than the AMDs. I understand this is cyles per second. Could anyone elaborate on this a litte? Like i said, the Intels look like they run faster.
With all due respect, please don't talk to me about overclocking. I am not looking into doing that at this time, i would rather get something great out of the box than get something good out of the box that i can force into being something great.
Thanks
Xenix
