Hi there! I'm having plans for a new computer. And I'm not really sure what to buy. Intel's P4 or AMD's 64-bit.
I'm using my computer several hours a day. Often from 10 AM to 02 AM or similar. And I want som bad ass stuff.
The P4 components I've been looking at is:
Asus - P5AD2-E PREMIUM - PCI-Express
Intel Pentium 4 550j 3,4ghz 800/1MB S775 (BTX) (what's the difference between 550 and 550j, and what does BTX mean?)
PowerColor X800XL 256MB - VIVO / 2xDVI (PCI-Express)
And that's pretty much that. I haven't been able to find any phat CPU fan that's both quiet and effective.
The AMD parts are as follows:
I don't know! :(
That's why I'm posting this thread, because I need some help to choose if I'm going for AMD another time (I'm on an AMD XP 2000+ now) or if I'm going for Intel.
Every friend I've been at that uses Intel's P4 - fooking fast!!! And their clockspeeds has been at 2 and 2,4Ghz mostly. I've tried a P4 3,4Ghz as well. Damn, I could save sooooooooo much time with a CPU as fast as that one! But I've been posting in ABIT's forums because I have som instability issues. And one of them recomended me to go for AMD's 64-bit CPU.
I'm using Photoshop CS, ACDSee, Outlook, FireFox, Nero, Adobe Premiere 1.5 Pro - every day. And I also play a lot of games. Mostly older ones since I want those nasty nice graphics :) (Radeon 9800 Pro from HIS). But I have HL2 and Doom 3, so it would be nice to have a CPU and board that can help me with the graphics for those - and upcoming games. I'm going for a Powercolor X800XL PCI-E card, that should be enough for at least one year I think.
Money IS an issue. With the current exchange (1SEK = 0,14USD) I'm willing to pay:
~ $360 for a motherboard
~ $430 for a graphics card
~ $430 for a CPU
~ $360 for RAM (rather 1Gb then 512Mb)
~ $200 for PSU (I'm using a Chieftech 360W PSU right now. I rather keep it for a while if I can, haha)
I already have a phat chassi, SATA HDD, DVD-burner. I could have use of a new audio card thou... If someone have any phat tip for a card that's not to expensive (let's say around $200), so hit me :)
Is there a possibility to build a kick ass computer for that amount of cash? I'm willing to pay a little more if the changes are good. For example; I'm going for a X800XL instead of a X800 since the difference just is $90. And I think those extra $90 will give me a real boost for the graphics in the long run :)
Write down your supersystem with a budget of ~ $1800!
I'll be glad to receive a comment of why your system is so supergreat, and why I should chose it instead of the opposit brand. (If you chose Intel I'll be glad to hear why I should use Intel intstead of AMD and vide versa, this is for educational use and because I really would like to know why as well :D)
(mobo, PSU, graphics card, CPU and RAM) You could go for a CPU fan as well if it's not boxed with the CPU (I want/need a quiet but effective one since I'm sleeping 2 meters from my computer...)
Thanks for any help at all! :D
I'm using my computer several hours a day. Often from 10 AM to 02 AM or similar. And I want som bad ass stuff.
The P4 components I've been looking at is:
Asus - P5AD2-E PREMIUM - PCI-Express
Intel Pentium 4 550j 3,4ghz 800/1MB S775 (BTX) (what's the difference between 550 and 550j, and what does BTX mean?)
PowerColor X800XL 256MB - VIVO / 2xDVI (PCI-Express)
And that's pretty much that. I haven't been able to find any phat CPU fan that's both quiet and effective.
The AMD parts are as follows:
I don't know! :(
That's why I'm posting this thread, because I need some help to choose if I'm going for AMD another time (I'm on an AMD XP 2000+ now) or if I'm going for Intel.
Every friend I've been at that uses Intel's P4 - fooking fast!!! And their clockspeeds has been at 2 and 2,4Ghz mostly. I've tried a P4 3,4Ghz as well. Damn, I could save sooooooooo much time with a CPU as fast as that one! But I've been posting in ABIT's forums because I have som instability issues. And one of them recomended me to go for AMD's 64-bit CPU.
I'm using Photoshop CS, ACDSee, Outlook, FireFox, Nero, Adobe Premiere 1.5 Pro - every day. And I also play a lot of games. Mostly older ones since I want those nasty nice graphics :) (Radeon 9800 Pro from HIS). But I have HL2 and Doom 3, so it would be nice to have a CPU and board that can help me with the graphics for those - and upcoming games. I'm going for a Powercolor X800XL PCI-E card, that should be enough for at least one year I think.
Money IS an issue. With the current exchange (1SEK = 0,14USD) I'm willing to pay:
~ $360 for a motherboard
~ $430 for a graphics card
~ $430 for a CPU
~ $360 for RAM (rather 1Gb then 512Mb)
~ $200 for PSU (I'm using a Chieftech 360W PSU right now. I rather keep it for a while if I can, haha)
I already have a phat chassi, SATA HDD, DVD-burner. I could have use of a new audio card thou... If someone have any phat tip for a card that's not to expensive (let's say around $200), so hit me :)
Is there a possibility to build a kick ass computer for that amount of cash? I'm willing to pay a little more if the changes are good. For example; I'm going for a X800XL instead of a X800 since the difference just is $90. And I think those extra $90 will give me a real boost for the graphics in the long run :)
Write down your supersystem with a budget of ~ $1800!
I'll be glad to receive a comment of why your system is so supergreat, and why I should chose it instead of the opposit brand. (If you chose Intel I'll be glad to hear why I should use Intel intstead of AMD and vide versa, this is for educational use and because I really would like to know why as well :D)
(mobo, PSU, graphics card, CPU and RAM) You could go for a CPU fan as well if it's not boxed with the CPU (I want/need a quiet but effective one since I'm sleeping 2 meters from my computer...)
Thanks for any help at all! :D
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