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[BigJonsson]

Seeing as how Doom 3 made it cry like a little schoolgirl today...

How much in Canadian dollars would it cost to get a good motherboard, ram and P4 chip?

Looking at like at least a 2 gig processor, 512 megs of ram

And I have no idea what motherboards are like

 

[BigJonsson]

Just lemme know whats decent then?

 

[Bregor]

You would probably be better of with an Athlon XP. Also, go for a gig of ram- you will need it eventually anyway. Here are two suggestions:

AMD Athlon XP 2000+ = $58
ASUS A7N8X-X = $70

-or-

Intel Pentium 4 2.4c = $157
ASUS P4P-800 Deluxe = $112

Edit: Sorry, I didn't notice the Canadian Dollars part, the above is all for US dollars of course, but it should give you a starting point for components.

 

[BigJonsson]

I'd rather stick with Intel

And I can get stuff at cost anyway so

 

[Bregor]

The cheapest Intel CPU I would recomend would be the P4 2.4c.

 

[BigJonsson]

Whats the difference in CPU's?

 

[Bregor]

Whats the difference in CPU's?

I'm not sure what you are asking...

 

[BigJonsson]

Like
Whats hyperthreaded mean
And whats the pros/cons of AMD/Intel

Etc...

 

[Bregor]

Hyperthreading will only give very minor performance gains in most situations.

AMD is a much better value on the low end (Athlon XP) and a better performer on the high end (Athlon 64), Intel and AMD are about even in the mid range (2.4 GHz - 3.0 GHz).

If you do go with an Intel CPU, the best bet would be to get one of the Northwood core Pentium 4 processors (they will have a 'c' suffix - i.e. P4 2.8c). The newer Prescott CPUs have big heat problems.

 

[BigJonsson]

I see


I'll have to run this by my uncle and see what he can get this stuff for

 

[BigJonsson]

Any thoughts on this matter today?

 

[Lil' Dice]

Yeah, get an Athlon; unless you don't care about tossing money around frivolously...

 

[BigJonsson]

If Athlon is so much better why doesn't everyone just get an Athlon instead of an Intel

 

[Lil' Dice]

Because Athlon doesn't flood the airwaves with advertisements, however ask anyone with a marginal amount of computer hardware knowledge and they'll also recommend Athlons.

Trust me, i was an Intel fanboy once, that's when i knew jack shit about processors and other CPU hardware components, not that I'm an expert now; but i can tell you from experience that Athlons are incredible processors, both for the money and comparatively.

Everywhere you look there's an "Intel Inside" sticker, on tower cases, in print ads, and that goddamn little chime that plays after every gateway/Dell commercial; the public eats that shit up. It's that image which is embedded in the mind of impressionable people that keeps Intel as the most reconglized(but not necessarily better) processor manufacturer in the world amongst mainstream consumers.

 

[Drexon]

Athlon.

 

[LinesInTheSand]

Definitely get an AMD chip!

 

[Winged Creature]

just go to tigerdirect they have packages with motherboard ram and cpu, and its in Toronto.