On Monday 15 June 2009 20:41:04 Dean Hamstead wrote: > AMD cant beat the top end intels, > But bang for buck in the mid and low range you can still do well with > AMD. On the low range, its AMD all the way. > > Watch out on some of the AMD cpu's, as some of the qauds had nasty bugs. > Would be worth your while to read some reviews on them before buying.
I second that. If you want the absolutely very top ( sounds nice eh ? :D ) of x86 hardware, then go with an, say, intel corei7 975. But you're fine with a little less than it, then go for say, an amd phenon x4 955. They're very nice chips too, and waaaaaay cheaper. Core i7 975: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115212 Phenom x4 955: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674 > Personally, i will be buying a phenom 2 black edition in the not too > distant future. Me too (an x4, actually), and some radeons to play with gpu <-> cpu stuff. Niiiiice ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
