What do you think amd64 3200+ or pentium 4-3ghz?

 

AMD 3200

 

Why???? It is slower than the p4?? Sorry dont want to sound dum.. thanks in advance...

 

All AMD chips have a slower clock speed, this doesn't mean they are slower though.

Might help if you tell us what you'll be using it for?
Also, what else will you put with it? Such as graphics card etc..
What budget are you looking at?

If you look on sites like www.anandtech.com for example, they have a CPU run down, shows the AMDs are far better for gaming for example.

At the end of the day, the AMD chips do alot of things well, but the P4 do specific tasks well - horses for courses I guess.

 

I found the AMD chips run far hotter than the Intels. Is this still the case?

 

PS. check this thread out for some good benchmarks on games against different processors.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...eadid=17339627

 

Nope, the Intel current core (Prescott) seems to be a good subsitute for central heating currently!

The new AMD64 90nm (winchesters) run cooler than P4s it would seem.
As does my 130nm AMD64 thou.

 

Got one of these (XP64 3200+) & it runs with decent air cooling at 2.6ghz.

 

This is now what i am going for... I think..... I will play games and surf and also some dvd stuff. See what you think.. cheers in advance...

Msi K8T Neo-FIS2R Socket 754 Mainboard
Onboard 5.1 Channel Audio
3 DDR Ram Dimm, 1 AGP, 5 PCI Slots
Onboard Lan
Onboard Firewire
Onboard Serial ATA Raid
Full ATX Form Factor

Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 754 CPU
Heat Sink and Fan

512MB DDR400 Ram Dimm

Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 10 NCQ 160GB SATA 8MB 7200RPM 9.0MS

MSI GeForce FX5700LE-TD128, 128MB DDR, TV Out

AOC 17" LM-725 Slim Bezel TFT + Speakers 16ms Responce

 

You're better off getting a 939 board and a 3200 winchester. They're not much more than the above, and you'll be able to swap/overclock your processor a lot easier

 

And higher memory bandwidth at the same speed.


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As other said, go 939, MSI Neo2 or Asus A8V.
Also look at a better GFX card, you can get a 9700pro for circa 90 quid, or if you can afford it, a 6600GT (AGP) for 140 quid.