--- Ambar Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My comments on the sys config: > > 1. Intel P-4 1.7GHz CPU with 400MHz FSB/ Intel > Original 850 > > Motherboard/ 256MB RDRAM Memory/ P-4 Cabinet with > SMPS/ > Unless you are doing video editing/compression or > some other app that can > eat up lots of cpu, any modern cpu > 1ghz shud be > good enough. With any > modern computer, the speed depends more on the speed > of your hdd and the > ammount of ram that you have! So my advice is that > unless your friend wants > to use the computer for some high cpu task, it is > best to go in for a 1ghz+ > celeron or duron cpu. I have a 1 ghz athlon at home, > and i find it fast > enough for doing real time mpeg 2 encoding using > power vcr! And a friend of > mine does the same using a duron 700! But be careful > with amd chips, they > need a big fan, and if the fan fails then the amd > chips can very easily blow > up!
While agree with most of what Ambar has written, I'd differ slightly here. While a CPU with one GHz will satisfy most users' needs, a major consideration remains upgradability and serviceability. A P-4 with 1.6/1.7 GHz is now-a-days being vended as minimum specs and at affordable price. The rate at which hardware specs and prices are getting obsolete makes it mandatory for a buyer to remain with the market trends. Who knows how soon Intel decides to make the present day Celeron chips obsolete. Yes, one can consider AMD Athlon chips of comparable performance because of the price advantage. Thanks. -- narsingh ________________________________________________________________________ Everything you always wanted to know about cars and bikes,now at: http://in.autos.yahoo.com/cricket/tracker.html ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================
