Intel instead of AMD this time?

[Dekkon0]

I've been using and buying AMD processors/motherboards since I was 12; 17 years old now.

My question is; I'm getting paid on Monday, gonna buy a new mobo/processor and thinking about switching to Intel for a change. My budget is $300 dollars and my current computer is:

ASUS M3A78-EM
AMD X2 64 6000+ 3.0ghz

but I'm turning that into my File/Ftp/web server and shoving it into my closet.

What do you guys think?

[caf4926]

Honestly, I'm not sure that it really matters. I dare say there are strong opinions on this but I use both and find they do all that is required.

[Dekkon0]

Originally Posted by caf4926

Honestly, I'm not sure that it really matters. I dare say there are strong opinions on this but I use both and find they do all that is required.

That was usually my view on the subject, but I found AMD to be slightly cheaper. That's what my grandpa always built so I kinda tagged onto that.

[techwiz03]

AMD does tend to be cheaper than Intel, however being a systems builder myself, I would look more for a quality MBO. All-in-ones while they do work, tend to be a little harder to config than ones where you pick the video, sound, modem, nic, usb's, parports etc...

> but I'm turning that into my File/Ftp/web server and shoving it into my
> closet. . . What do you guys think?

make sure it can breath, or else you will have heat problems.. ;-)

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platinum

[GofBorg]

> I've been using and buying AMD processors/motherboards since I was 12;
> 17 years old now.
>
> My question is; I'm getting paid on Monday, gonna buy a new
> mobo/processor and thinking about switching to Intel for a change. My
> budget is $300 dollars and my current computer is:
>
> ASUS M3A78-EM
> AMD X2 64 6000+ 3.0ghz
>
> but I'm turning that into my File/Ftp/web server and shoving it into my
> closet.

I think you have too much money...so to help you with that please send me
your old rig. :-)

[cjcox]

On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 03:26 +0000, Dekkon0 wrote:
> I've been using and buying AMD processors/motherboards since I was 12;
> 17 years old now.
>
> My question is; I'm getting paid on Monday, gonna buy a new
> mobo/processor and thinking about switching to Intel for a change. My
> budget is $300 dollars and my current computer is:
>
> ASUS M3A78-EM
> AMD X2 64 6000+ 3.0ghz
>
> but I'm turning that into my File/Ftp/web server and shoving it into my
> closet.
>
> What do you guys think?

$300 is NOT a lot of money. Buying new, it's likely you'll get more
performance for the dollar out of AMD. However, because Intel is a lot
more prevalent, you can sometimes get some extreme USED Intel hardware
via ebay and the like.

[GofBorg]

>
> $300 is NOT a lot of money.

It is if you don't have $300.

[cjcox]

On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 19:04 +0000, GofBorg wrote:
> >
> > $300 is NOT a lot of money.
>
> It is if you don't have $300.
>

I guess relatively speaking. But a VERY low end desktop
costs $300USD. Very hard to go lower... sure, you might get
something for $200... but nothing lower unless you go used.
In the used markets you won't be able to much lower than $80.
That's just because the parts alone will add up to at least
that much.

[smpoole7]

Agree with cjcox. While $300 is $300, and isn't a trifling amount, you will be able to get more bang for the buck if you go with AMD.

Intel is fine. Their processors are the best-selling and are used everywhere. I have one in my company laptop (an HP/Compaq), and just for the record, it runs Opensuse 11.1 quite well.

But for those machines that require that Stephen fork out the cash, I prefer AMD. I can get more speed, more cache, etc., etc., for the same money.

Also agree with the other poster here about buying a good mobo, but with the caveat that I PREFER all-in-ones. Years ago, I had trouble with getting Linux to run on them, but I haven't had that problem in quite some time. To me, they're easier.

But that is definitely just personal opinion, based on my own experience. YMMV.