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Jun 24, 2005 | 04:39 PM

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TonyBurns

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If it does fail though, it can take everything with it. Not worth the risk IMHO. For piece of mind spend £50+ on a decent psu.

50-80 quid on a decent psu, 80k hrs running minimum guarentee (over 5 years continuous i believe), they do cost but are worth it.

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Jun 24, 2005 | 04:55 PM

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If it does fail though, it can take everything with it. Not worth the risk IMHO. For piece of mind spend £50+ on a decent psu.

lol this is where I get home and find its blown up

Jun 24, 2005 | 05:42 PM

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As far as I understand it, the P4s are not true 64-bit, but can run a limited number of apps with 64-bit memory access. The AMD chips are true 64-bit, with 64-bit access to RAM and CPU. And pretty much the only thing that Intel is proven better than AMD at is video editing: everything else is too close to call, or a win by AMD.

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edited for typo.

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Jun 24, 2005 | 05:51 PM

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As far as I understand it, the P4s are not true 64-bit, but can run a limited number of apps with 64-memory access. The AMD chips are true 64-bit, with 64-bit access to RAM and CPU. And pretty much the only thing that Intel is proven better than AMD at is video editing: everything else is too close to call, or a win by AMD.

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Very true.
The only reason for going for Intel at the moment is brand loyalty.
They run hotter, use more power, are more expensive and are generally second best to the Athlon 64.
Hopefully they will eventually come back with a competitive product

Jun 24, 2005 | 06:08 PM

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The new P4's should be out in sept/oct time, these are 64 bit duel core, slightly hotter again but only slightly

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Jun 24, 2005 | 06:38 PM

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Athlon 64bit dual cpus are out NOW

Jun 24, 2005 | 07:08 PM

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my two cents worth: before you buy a new graphics card please read first:

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...222/index.html

Should help when working out the sums and what games you like to play...