amd vs. intel

hi George,
[...below...]

George Macdonald wrote:

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:32:05 -0400, Tanya
wrote:

George Macdonald wrote:

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 15:50:28 -0400, Tanya
wrote:

hi,
i wanted to THANK everyone who answered my questions... i REALLY appreciate the
information, explanations, and help!
sincerely

Geez Tanya I hope we didn't put you off buying something?.?.?.?

--
Rgds, George Macdonald

put me off?
don't understand?

Umm, we're a curious bunch, at least I am... just err, wondering what you
decided to buy.

these are what i decided:
1. MSI RS480M2-IL MOTHERBOARD MATX ATI RS480 S939 DDR PCI-E16 3PCI SATA RAID VIDEO
SOUND LAN 1394
with:
AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ PROCESSOR S939 WINCHESTER 1.8GHZ 512K L2 CACHE 90NM RETAIL BOX
(this will be for someone else -- i guess i'll be the 'technical support' so it has to
be good!)

2. ASUS A8V-E DELUXE MOTHERBOARD ATX S939 VIA K8T890 DDR PCI-E16 2PCI-E 3PCI SATA SOUND
WI-FI 1394
with:
AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ PROCESSOR S939 WINCHESTER 1.8GHZ 512K L2 CACHE 90NM RETAIL BOX

and:
3. ASUS P5GDC-V DELUXE MOTHERBOARD LGA775 INTEL 915G DDR2 DDR PCI-E16 2PCI-E 3PCI SATA
VID LAN SOUND
with either:
INTEL PENTIUM 4 P4 530J 3.0GHZ PROCESSOR LGA775 1MB 800MHZ FSB RETAIL BOX
or:
INTEL PENTIUM 4 520 2.8GHZ PROCESSOR LGA775 800FSB 1MB CACHE HT RETAIL BOX
(so not completely decided!)

how do they look?

i really am grateful for the help i received... (decided on both amd and p4) (and
never would have considered amd but i am really looking forward to it now)
(haven't finished on the other components yet)

Sounds like a "plan".;-) Make sure you get the Athlon64 Cool 'n' Quiet
working properly - I just got mine sorted out after thinking it had been
sorta working for 4 months and the difference is night & day. here's a
thread on the subject: http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?threadid=60816 and
I found that I had to enable "Minimal Power Management" in WinXP Power
settings - "Home/Office Desktop" did not do it.

thanks for the tip and for the link!

also sorry for misspelling *THANK* (as 'TAHNK') had deleted it but i guess it's
there to stay ... for ever.........


Happens to everybody. I hear that living with embarrassments is a sign of
maturity.:-)



--
Rgds, George Macdonald

sincerely,
Tanya

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:52:41 -0400, Tanya
wrote:

hi George,
[...below...]

George Macdonald wrote:

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:32:05 -0400, Tanya
wrote:

George Macdonald wrote:

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 15:50:28 -0400, Tanya
wrote:

hi,
i wanted to THANK everyone who answered my questions... i REALLY appreciate the
information, explanations, and help!
sincerely

Geez Tanya I hope we didn't put you off buying something?.?.?.?

--
Rgds, George Macdonald

put me off?
don't understand?

Umm, we're a curious bunch, at least I am... just err, wondering what you
decided to buy.

these are what i decided:
1. MSI RS480M2-IL MOTHERBOARD MATX ATI RS480 S939 DDR PCI-E16 3PCI SATA RAID VIDEO
SOUND LAN 1394
with:
AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ PROCESSOR S939 WINCHESTER 1.8GHZ 512K L2 CACHE 90NM RETAIL BOX
(this will be for someone else -- i guess i'll be the 'technical support' so it has to
be good!)

2. ASUS A8V-E DELUXE MOTHERBOARD ATX S939 VIA K8T890 DDR PCI-E16 2PCI-E 3PCI SATA SOUND
WI-FI 1394
with:
AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ PROCESSOR S939 WINCHESTER 1.8GHZ 512K L2 CACHE 90NM RETAIL BOX

and:
3. ASUS P5GDC-V DELUXE MOTHERBOARD LGA775 INTEL 915G DDR2 DDR PCI-E16 2PCI-E 3PCI SATA
VID LAN SOUND
with either:
INTEL PENTIUM 4 P4 530J 3.0GHZ PROCESSOR LGA775 1MB 800MHZ FSB RETAIL BOX
or:
INTEL PENTIUM 4 520 2.8GHZ PROCESSOR LGA775 800FSB 1MB CACHE HT RETAIL BOX
(so not completely decided!)

how do they look?

I've always found Asus & MSI good reliable stuff so all should be good.
I'm sure it'll be interesting to see how they all compare.

--
Rgds, George Macdonald