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Posted: **Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:10 pm**

Ive been looking at tigerdirect.com for the past 2 days looking at CPU's both intel and amd. Now im leaning more towords the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ / 2MB Cache / 2000MHz FSB / Socket 939 / Dual-Core / Processor with Fan. But the cache is less then the intel with 4mb of cache. But I like the bus speed. But then you have Intel Pentium D 950 3.40GHz / 4MB Cache / 800MHz FSB / Dual-Core / Presler / Socket 775 / Processor with Fan. Now this CPU is a lot less has a better ghz but the bus speed is lacking compared to the amd's and its also not 64 bit as fare as I no. I have heard thought that intel pentium D's are 64 bit. Now my question is does anybody no of a good deal around 300 or less for a cpu that has good specs. Also wich is better out of these two when it comes to gaming productivity and multitasking. Thank you.

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:20 pm**

i'm not too familliar with processors, but i'm partial to AMD. i don't want to come in here, or have anyone else come in here, as AMD fanboys and say "buy AMD, it's better" without giving a reason.

but i'd have to say that both the processors seem even to me. give us a price for them both so we can compare, but i'm leaning towards AMD, because the AMD processor's bus is more than twice as fast as the intel processor's, and that more than makes up for the lacking 2MB of cache - imo.

other than that, see which motherboards you like best for each one, and compare those as well as the processors.

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:31 pm**

I have the X2 3800+ and I love it

Make sure you get tnough ram.I can run Halo,Photoshop,3ds max all together

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:44 pm**

psshhhhhh..... i have a 19.5 yottahert oct-core cpu/motherboard combo that cpu sucks!!! ....jk it sounds good.

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:49 pm**

The science of Kaboom wrote:psshhhhhh..... i have a 19.5 yottahert oct-core cpu/motherboard combo that cpu sucks!!! ....jk it sounds good.

lawl if that would exist

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:25 pm**

Intel and AMD clock speeds are not equivalent (which is why the Intel looks faster), it has to do with pipelines, instruction sets, and all that good stuff. In this case the AMD is going to be significantly faster than the Intel.
My suggestion for your price range would be the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ that you were looking at. I have no suggestion for Intel, not because I'm an AMD fanboy (I'm not), but because it's not the best time to buy from Intel right now. The Pentium 4/M/D's are being phased out and replaced by the Core (2) Duo/Solo/Extremes which are a bit pricey at this point.

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:59 am**

there was an article posted on yayap about 2 months ago with a comparison of the pentium d and the 64x2. too bad its down for the time being.

hasnt amd always been better for gaming? [im not a fanboy, i dont even own one.]

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:08 am**

OVER CLOCK.

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:42 am**

Vallen1 wrote:OVER CLOCK.

I'll slap you in your face if you say that again

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:05 am**

Patrickssj6 wrote:
Vallen1 wrote:OVER CLOCK.
I'll slap you in your face if you say that again

agreed.

i don't reccomend overclocking unless you really know what you're doing. and even if you do know what you're doing, a few cycles too fast and you can damage your cpu easy.

The_Hushed_Casket wrote:Intel and AMD clock speeds are not equivalent (which is why the Intel looks faster), it has to do with pipelines, instruction sets, and all that good stuff. In this case the AMD is going to be significantly faster than the Intel.
My suggestion for your price range would be the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ that you were looking at. I have no suggestion for Intel, not because I'm an AMD fanboy (I'm not), but because it's not the best time to buy from Intel right now. The Pentium 4/M/D's are being phased out and replaced by the Core (2) Duo/Solo/Extremes which are a bit pricey at this point.

see, that's why i don't know a ton about processors right now, not too into it.

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:03 pm**

Thanks guys for all the help, and sorry for getting back so late. But Ive just decided to not build my own. Theres just to much confusion and im just going to wait for AMDs quad core to come out. Then ill build my own pc, and also, ill have a lot more money by then so I can get vista right away and a realy nice video card to play halo 2 for the pc. So im going to wait. So anyways my dad will probly just buy me a new computer for christmas anyways.

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:44 pm**

The quad core is only going to be for servers, so if you have a server, go ahead... :/

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:32 pm**

jks wrote:The quad core is only going to be for servers

And is going to cost an arm and a leg.

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:25 pm**

Well its meant for enterprise business servers, so yes, don't expect to be getting one

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:47 pm**

The_Hushed_Casket wrote:And is going to cost an arm and a leg.

Well, I got a Hacksaw on hand, where do I cash in?

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:50 pm**

Cuda wrote:
The_Hushed_Casket wrote:And is going to cost an arm and a leg.
Well, I got a Hacksaw on hand, where do I cash in?

jks.He will suck the blood out of it [/gore]

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:37 pm**

lol i built mine. i did i good job except for getting pissed at it and broke in the front of the case bt punching it...

Posted: **Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:38 pm**

The science of Kaboom wrote:lol i built mine. i did i good job except for getting pissed at it and broke in the front of the case bt punching it...

Smart one lol