AMD or Intel

Again though its down to what you want the machine to do. If you want mobility with low power uses then yes buy a centrino but if you want mobility but will have access to power then the new Amd Turion looks very nice indeed.More performance power per £ spent

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Again though its down to what you want the machine to do. If you want mobility with low power uses then yes buy a centrino but if you want mobility but will have access to power then the new Amd Turion looks very nice indeed.More performance power per £ spent

and shorter battery life.

[funkyCable]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

AMD chips come in a few flavours. Socket A but this is pretty much obsolete,socket 754 which runs single channel memory and either an AMD64 chip a sempron chip(avoid unless budget is to tight) socket 939 flavour of choice runs either single core Amd 64 or dual core Amd64 x2 chips with dual channel memory and socket 940 which run opteron chips (not needed unless you run a server) and needs ecc ram

I would recommend socket 939 and depending on budget maybe the 3500 or the dual core 3800. Do not worry to much about bus speeds dude just go for what you can afford and spend max amount possible. Never penny pinch on a cpu come to a budget and make sure you spend the lot

Note also now there is the sempron64 which is a budget cpu with 64 bit extensions and can I believe be found for less than 40 quid

Thanks this is what i was looking for. I was eyeing out the socket A but did not realize that it would be obsolete. thanks for the info.

where are some good online stores to try out. looked at ebuyer.co.uk

Links to compere CPU's here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050714/index.html

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1854733,00.asp

http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/...9197754,00.htm

http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/...9193811,00.htm

http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/...9189912,00.htm

http://www.digital-daily.com/video/sli_amd_intel/

[Gareth]

It all boils down to a) budget, and 2) your intended purpose of the machine.

As for best places to buy online, take your pick between ebuyer, dabs, lowestonweb.com, savastore.com, scan, etc... If you're in a rush to get your hands on the kit quickly then I can recommend PC Nextday - I bought a mobo from them and it arrived the next day (like they promised it would) and was excellently packaged. It wasn't any more expensive than getting it from any of the more popular e-tailers despite getting it the following day

If your using your rig for games, then AMD wins by far... no question.

Personally I recommend Intel for video and music editing.

Originally Posted by SMHarman

and shorter battery life.

Yes thats why I said mobile but access to power
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Originally Posted by funkyCable

Thanks this is what i was looking for. I was eyeing out the socket A but did not realize that it would be obsolete. thanks for the info.

where are some good online stores to try out. looked at ebuyer.co.uk

www.overclockers.co.uk
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Originally Posted by Gareth

<snip>. If you're in a rush to get your hands on the kit quickly then I can recommend PC Nextday - I bought a mobo from them and it arrived the next day (like they promised it would) and was excellently packaged. It wasn't any more expensive than getting it from any of the more popular e-tailers despite getting it the following day

bookmarked for future reference

[goblin]

Originally Posted by Slyder

If your using your rig for games, then AMD wins by far... no question.

Personally I recommend Intel for video and music editing.

Personally speaking, I think that there isn't any difference between the two anymore.

A couple of months ago a friend asked me to find him a machine for "video work and gaming" so I asked on these very forums and zinglebarb replied amongst others that they thought dual core was the way to go.

So started more research on whether my friend was going to notice any difference between the two processors. The choice was simple, dual core Intel or dual core AMD. Eventually I sugested the AMD64 X2 4400 after advice gathered on other forums. He got back to me a couple of weeks or so later saying "It's brilliant, so quick" and when I asked whether there was any difference encoding on the AMD versus his old Pentium. He assured me there was none. Infact he likes his new system even more because he can now use his system to do other tasks ie: surfing, office tasks listen to shoutcasts etc. whilst at the same time encoding video. Something he wasn't able to do with his old system. He started encoding anything then had to go do something else untill the encoding had finnished.

This is something I can personally confirm as well, as during all of this I was delaying the decision whether to update my system or not. In the end I decided to go for it and so we both got a small discount each.

I am presently sat here re-encoding a video, streaming some audio through real player, outlook express is doing its thing. Opera browser is open with 3 tabs showing, I have rainlendar and rainmeter running on my desktop with the usual firewall and antivirus running in the background and my processor is only at 27%. My friend meanwhile has a little more ram than me (2GB) and he can encode (VHS to DVD) and play Half Life 2 quite easily he assures me.

Needless to say, I am now a convert to AMD after previously dismissing them in favour of Intel. I was under the impression that they were the most stable, best for video work etc. But those days are gone. Next time I upgrade, I shan't be looking at Intel, paying a premium for supposed gains. I shall also consider AMD as well.

So you agree with me about dual core then

[goblin]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

www.overclockers.co.uk

Didn't someone say something about "Good" computer stores? I only mention it because overclockers seem to have a bit of a "reputation" they see such things as the Sales Of Goods Act and Distance Selling Regulations as not applying to them.

Not to mention they have a problem with their telephone lines. In that there is never anyone on the other end to solve customers problems. Their forums are pretty good though, lots of friendly knowledgeable people in there.

Also, the OP may wish to stay away from ebuyer as there are reports of deliveries taking much longer than they should. If turning up at all. They are also back to ignoring telephone calls, instead preferring to use their "e-notes" system, which they also fail to reply to.
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

So you agree with me about dual core then

Oh yes