Re: Help me too choose AMD or Intel ???

"serge calderara" <sergecalderara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> dear all,
>
> I plan to by a new system for home
> I am a professionanl in software developement ad I would like a computer
> on
> which I will be able to do programming and Multimedia stuff like picture
> edition or video editing.
>
> Iknow the reputation of intel processor, they are really good annd fully
> proven wth microsoft platform but of course depending of configuration you
> request they are expensive
>
> n an other hand I have AMD procecessor system on which I have no
> experience
> at all and would like to help me in that.
>
> The only thing I have notice in configutation comparison AMD price is
> half
> of Intel
> but wht about performance and compatibility. Especially with the next
> coming
> longhorn
>

Both manufacturer's CPUs work as advertised and will work great. More
important than the brand of CPU is the brand of RAM, motherboard, and power
supply. For RAM I use Kingston, Crucial is also good. I personally like
Gigabyte and Intel motherboards but ASUS is also a good brand. I just don't
get as good a price on them :-). I use Acepower power supplies. Stay away
from cheap ones of any brand. Go for the medium to higher priced ones. Those
three components will make more of a difference to the stability and
enjoyment of your system than the CPU. Video cards are important as well but
they are harder to know what is good. The top chipsets are NVIDIA and ATI.
ATI makes their own cards as well as licencing the chipset to other
manufacturers. NIVIDIA doesn't manufacturer cards themselves. Don't buy a
cheap no name clone video card even if it uses a good chipset. Again price
is often an indication of quality.

Kerry


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