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Old 10-04-2004, 08:07   #21
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Cool Re: Maximum Number Of Internal Hard Drives
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Originally Posted by Semi On
While I think about it - is there any reason why it has to be a P4? I am just thinking out loud...and if your upgrade cycle is a fairly long time (and considering the system you're coming from that's not a wild assumption), have you thought about going the Athlon 64 route?

It would make sense in terms of future-proofing. Intel are going the 64-bit route, but exactly when is anyone's guess, so...

Just some food for thought.
I've always used Intel because they are more powerful but expensive chips, while AMD are not as powerful but a lot cheaper.

At the moment AMD have the Athlon 64 and a 400MHz fsb. Intel with just a 32 bit P4 and an 800 fsb are managing to stay ahead.When Intel do go the 64 bit route,I think their advantage will be magnified,but as you say we don't know when that will be.

I wondered if Intel were waiting for the PCI Express motherboards to arrive before they did anything. New PC systems will be a heck of a lot quicker as PCI Express will really speed up the system bus and all electronic traffic within your computer.

But as you say considering Athlon is an option particularly if the costs get too high.
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