[Pc_Support] Re: AMD / Intel CPU's -- $150/200/250 for 3800/4200/4600 (2.0/2.2/2.4 x2)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 23:27 -0400, Carter Manucy wrote:
> So let me pose a question to everyone...
> Given these new prices, would you buy AMD or Intel on a 'moderate 
> budget' machine (around $600 w/XP Pro)?

Oh, then you might not talking dual-core, but single-core.  Intel's Core
2 Duo E6300 (1.83/1024 x2) starts at over $200.  The AMD Athlon 64 3800+
(2.0/512 x2) starts at $150.  AMD Athlon 64 (non-x2) are well under $100
for a fairly powerful and low-power 3500+ (2.2/512), some are showing
the 3800+ (2.4/512) that low too.

> I'm looking to put together a machine for an office computer for a
> client - and I'm torn between the 805D ($104)

Do *NOT* buy a Pentium D.  _Wait_ for the Core 2 Duo.

> and trying to push a little more for the Athlon 3800.  I need to buy
> it by tomorrow to get the job done the following weekend... so this
> new pricing structure by AMD is definitely timely if nothing else.

If you can't wait, and want to spend under $100, you can't go wrong with
a single Athlon 64 3500+ Socket-AM2/940, $50 Socket-AM2/940 nForce4 or
550 mainboard and 1GB cheap DDR2 memory (in 2x512MB matched pair pieces
for true dual-DDR2).


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