Bryan Carbonnell
Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca
Thu Mar 13 07:25:00 CST 2003
Myke,
I'll agree with the folks that have said build your own system. You get exactly what you want, nothing more, nothing less.
Now on to the CPU, the things religious wars are made of :-))
I will highly recommend AMDs. You get a better bang for your buck. I built a 1.4 GHz Athlon system about 18 months ago and it cost me about ½ the price of a comparable Intel. The MoBo was cheaper as well.
I have a comparable Intel system at work (1.5 GHz Intel vs 1.4 GHz AMD) and I find that even thought he AMD has a lower speed, the overall system is faster. Yes, I have actually done benchmarks on both systems and the AMD always came back faster.
The only thing that you will need to watch is the temp. I've been working on getting my CPU temp down for about 4 months now. I get it down to a comfortable level and then it slowly creeps up over a week or so. So I tweak and clean again and it drops again, but rises after a while.
Dells are good machines, that's my Intel system at work and I haven't had a problem with it since I've had it.
Just my $0.02 CAD worth from an AMD fan.
Bryan Carbonnell
bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca
>>> mmmtbig at hotmail.com 12-Mar-03 7:17:39 PM >>>
Note: I am using a hotmail email account to post to AccessD because
attempted posts from my BellSouth.Net email account bounce back.
Soon I will buy a new PC and drop the oldest one from the lineup in my
office. I'd like some opinions on PCs.
I'm an independent developer working from a home office with a DSL
connection. I live about 20 miles north of Atlanta. I use a keyboard
video mouse sharing device for all the PCs. I don't like fixing hardware
so I'd like a good onsite service contract. I don't need an OS or
software installed because I'm a MSDN subscriber. I'd like to have less
white noise from power supply/fans. I'd like to use temperature
monitoring software because most of the failures I've had were due to a
fan malfunctioning and the heat killing a hard disk.
Opinions on the following would be welcome:
Intel vs. AMD;
DVD RW for backup;
Same day onsite service;
Best value monitor configuration.
The easy decision is to buy a Dell. Anyone have suggestions?
TIA,
Myke
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