Jonto

Chaps

Looking at buying a Dell and for the same price i can get either of these processors.

What do you think?

The AMD one also has a better spec compared to the intel at the same price ie. twice the ram, bigger hard drive etc.

Lost touch with proccessors so any advice would be good.

How fast does the AMD 5000 run at?

Regards
Jonathan

jowl

If it's got twice the RAM and more memory go for the AMD.

It's still good, fast CPU and runs at 2.6Ghz

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

I like Intel but if the other PC has more to offer.. its kinda a no brainer

spectrum48k

One thing to be aware of - make sure you run the Windows XP hotfix to enable multi-processor throttling, or else the system won't be running as efficiently or as quick as it should.

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

won't that install itself, or do I have to go and look to make sure its been installed?

spectrum48k

it hadn't on mine when I check the auto-installed hotfixes.

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

I used to run an AMD5000 I now run an AMD 6400. I,m sure it runs at 3.2ghz but it doesnt seem any better than the amd5000 !! I have the amd5000 lying spare