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On Monday 13 March 2006 05:23, JimD wrote: |
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> Hey group, |
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> My trusty old computer died tonight :( I am stuck with my winders laptop |
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> for a few days until I can get in a new mobo and processor. I am looking |
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> at getting something like an AMD 64 or a Pentium D dual core. I can get |
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> one of the two models below for a really good price on newegg. |
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> AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 800MHz HT Socket 754 |
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> or |
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> Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 533MHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Dual |
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> Core,EM64T Processor |
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go AMD. |
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The memory access is much faster. And memory access is the major bottleneck. |
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Also, the Opteron/amd64-athlons wipe the floor with the p4. |
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There is no good reason to buy intel today. |
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But... emm... I bought a Venive S939, 3200+ 1000MHZ HT for less than 130¤ or |
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so just 5Month ago. so you should get a much better CPU than you wrote for |
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150$ |
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