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

[Carter Manucy]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> 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.
>   
Well, not dual-core for AMD, but for Intel.  Kind of like "What kind of 
processor can I buy for $100?" type of scenario.

>> 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.
>   
I haven't bought an Intel machine (personally) since my PII-450 from 
Dell.  Everything since has been from AMD (either due to price and/or 
price & performance), but this model really caught my attention.  I 
mean, for about $100, you end up with a dual core machine that's got 
some extreme potential for overclocking - 
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores - now granted 
I'm not going to push this thing to the limits, but it might be fun to 
get a few more GHz out of it. 


> 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).
>   
I ended up going with the tried-and-true... X2 3800 w/Asus M2NPV-VM and 
2x Corsair 512 XMS2 PC6400 5-5-5-15.  Since this needs to be a stable, 
reliable system I opted for a little better memory w/slower timings vs. 
something else.  (I know - my statement above about overclocking has 
ZERO to do with stability!)

But really, you think that 805D is really crap, huh?  Like I said, I 
haven't had an Intel system for quite some time, so I don't know "what 
it's like" behind one of those CPU's.

-Carter