[Kevin]

I'm helping a friend upgrade her PC. We suspect the motherboard's on the fritz, and it's too slow anyway, so we're going to replace the mobo, procesor, memory, and case. The HDD, CD-burner, and externals are all fine (probably), so we're going to try to cannibalize those and keep them. She wants to spend < $~400, so I was thinking a nice Intel P4 2.26 Ghz (or somewhere close to that speed), 533 Mhz FSB, socket 478 with a compatible mobo of some kind with everything on-board. That combination should be much more powerful than the 600Mhz she's used to, and still cost less and $200, enough left over for RAM and any other extras. It's nowhere close to cutting edge, but it'll being her into the new millennium.
Anyone have any comments or suggestions on this plan? Any particular type or brand of mobo I should look into?

[Emorocker918]

Another option is a Socket 754 AMD 64 2800 - $139 and an Socket 754 motherboard - $60 - $75. I know Socket 754 is on the way out, but its not like she'll upgrade in the next 5 years or so, plus once 64bit OS and apps are released, it will almost be another upgrade to her.

[Darkfyre]

Or a Socket A mobo with a Barton 3200+... Still a contender.

[optendo]

i am all about the 2 posts^
I personally am an AMD only person...plus the AMD chips usually are cheaper.

[Kevin]

I know there's all those arguments for AMD, but I mostly know about Intel architectures, and we're both Intel people over here anyway...but thanks for the advice.

[Pollux]

Kevin said:

I know there's all those arguments for AMD, but I mostly know about Intel architectures, and we're both Intel people over here anyway...but thanks for the advice.

Why would knowing about Intel architectures even matter?

[Bucu]

builds e-penis, go intel :-p

[optendo]

usually amd chips are cheaper...save the money and put it forth something else.

[Darkfyre]

And they perform better for the price. Whats the difference in the architecture? Procs are plug and play if the proc and the mobo are compatible socket wise.

[Emorocker918]

The difference in architecture is Intel's is ineffecient due to them having a monopoly for so long and getting lazy, which is why they have been pushing more ghz = more power, which most of us here know they don't.

[BUDMAN]

AMDs are much more efficient than intel hence...why they are slower yet do the same thing

[Mwarhead]

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i am all about the 2 posts^
I personally am an AMD only person...plus the AMD chips usually are cheaper.

Definetly agree.

[Kevin]

I'm helping a friend upgrade her PC. We suspect the motherboard's on the fritz, and it's too slow anyway, so we're going to replace the mobo, procesor, memory, and case. The HDD, CD-burner, and externals are all fine (probably), so we're going to try to cannibalize those and keep them. She wants to spend < $~400, so I was thinking a nice Intel P4 2.26 Ghz (or somewhere close to that speed), 533 Mhz FSB, socket 478 with a compatible mobo of some kind with everything on-board. That combination should be much more powerful than the 600Mhz she's used to, and still cost less and $200, enough left over for RAM and any other extras. It's nowhere close to cutting edge, but it'll being her into the new millennium.
Anyone have any comments or suggestions on this plan? Any particular type or brand of mobo I should look into?

[Emorocker918]

Another option is a Socket 754 AMD 64 2800 - $139 and an Socket 754 motherboard - $60 - $75. I know Socket 754 is on the way out, but its not like she'll upgrade in the next 5 years or so, plus once 64bit OS and apps are released, it will almost be another upgrade to her.

[Darkfyre]

Or a Socket A mobo with a Barton 3200+... Still a contender.

[optendo]

i am all about the 2 posts^
I personally am an AMD only person...plus the AMD chips usually are cheaper.

[Kevin]

I know there's all those arguments for AMD, but I mostly know about Intel architectures, and we're both Intel people over here anyway...but thanks for the advice.

[Pollux]

Kevin said:

I know there's all those arguments for AMD, but I mostly know about Intel architectures, and we're both Intel people over here anyway...but thanks for the advice.

Why would knowing about Intel architectures even matter?

[Bucu]

builds e-penis, go intel :-p

[optendo]

usually amd chips are cheaper...save the money and put it forth something else.