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[honsbeekgmail]

Hi ,

I'm thinking of getting the Dual Core and A new mobo to go along with it. I was looking at these boards...
I currently have a Asus P4P800SE and I saw
these two

ASUS P5LD2 with i945P
and
ASUS P5LD2-VM with i945G chipset

Now is it me or does the ASUS P5LD2-VM look way bigger in size than the other one???
The first board (ASUS P5LD2 with i945p) looks a bit like the size I have now (P2p800SE). So if one is really bigger does this mean I should switch out my Casing in order for it to fit??? My current P4P800SE bearly fits in my current case...

thank you
Ralph

 

[honsbeekgmail]

Which one are the AMD's dual cores (Product names) and how come you say they are better, please clarify

 

[Rugger]

Anandtech has some good reviews on performance between the Intel/AMD dual cores - go forth and read!

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[emogoch]

Just to clarify what wuzy said, the full name for the AMD Dual-Cores are:
AMD Athlon64 X2 <model>

Where model number is: 3800+, 4200+, 4400+, 4600+, or 4800+
<No 4000+ wuzy, unless it was released in the past 12 hours>

 

[Keman]

AMD's dual cores are faster, but what these people fail to mention is thier also overpriced, unless your wanting to spend alot of money on just the CPU, rule the Pentium D 840, 840EE, AMD 4200-4800 completely out, for what little gain you get out of each level up, its not worth it. The Intel 820 and 830 are the cheapest, for the best bargain, get either those. The 3800, (dont be fooled by the AMD rating system, it's basicly a dual 3200(3800))is the only resonably priced AMD dual core.

Pentium D
820= 2.8GHZ $246
830= 3.0GHZ $323
840=3.2GHZ $538
840EE=3.2GHZ+Hyperthreading $1005

AMD64X2
3800=(basicly dual 3200's, 2.0GHZ $374)
4200=(basicly dual 3500's, 2.2GHZ $479)
4400=(basicly dual 3700's, 2.2GHZ $538)
4600=(basicly dual 3800's, 2.4GHZ $690)
4800=(basicly dual 4000's, 2.4GHZ $884)

So unless your wanting to spend $400+ on a processor that won't be a major improvment from the model below, the 820, 830, and 3800 are the only resonable choices, the 820 being the best overall deal considering the 830 is $77 more for only 7% more performance and the 3800 is $128 more for only almost 13% better performance.

(prices from newegg.com)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by keman on 09/22/05 06:29 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[honsbeekgmail]

Will in the future bring us a

Pentium 820 , 830 with Hyper Threading???

So yes, when ??

 

[pat]

The more I read from you, the less I believe my eyes too!!

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