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I am planning my first home-built pc and at the moment doing some research
to decide whether to go for a P4 or an AMD 64. The things that I plan to do
with my PC is basically same video editing and working with (and
compiling/building) enterprise Apps and databases such as WebLogic/oracle
etc. No high-end gaming is on the cards.
I am also on a budget - $100-120 on the mobo and ~$200 on the processor. I
was leaning towards a P4 3.0 but puased a little to check out the AMD 64
3000/3200 since it offers me some sort of 'future proofing' for the 64 bit
software coming down the pipe in the next 3/4 yrs.
On researching the mobos for the AMD 64, I see that most of the 754 pin ones
are priced well (means withing my reach), but the upgrade path is clearly
with the 939 ones which higher than my budget. If I am realistic about
myself - I do not see myself upgrading after every 6months/1yr - I will
probably upgrade after 3/4 yrs and by that time I might as well get a new
mobo since dual core's will most likely be a norm by then.
The only reason then, I would go for a 939 pin socket mobo now, is for dual
channel memory. All the P4 mobos within my budget (e.g. Asus P4P800-E Delux)
has this by default whereas the corresponding AMD ones do not support it -
typically they have 3 dimms. (on a side note - if I get one of this, how do
I use a 2 gig ram? why do these have 3 dimms and not 2?)
The question I have is that is not having DDR on AMD that big a deal? What
are the pros/cons of this compared with that of P4, given what I have for my
planned use of my PC?
Thanks for any inputs on this.
Shantanu Sen
I am planning my first home-built pc and at the moment doing some research
to decide whether to go for a P4 or an AMD 64. The things that I plan to do
with my PC is basically same video editing and working with (and
compiling/building) enterprise Apps and databases such as WebLogic/oracle
etc. No high-end gaming is on the cards.
I am also on a budget - $100-120 on the mobo and ~$200 on the processor. I
was leaning towards a P4 3.0 but puased a little to check out the AMD 64
3000/3200 since it offers me some sort of 'future proofing' for the 64 bit
software coming down the pipe in the next 3/4 yrs.
On researching the mobos for the AMD 64, I see that most of the 754 pin ones
are priced well (means withing my reach), but the upgrade path is clearly
with the 939 ones which higher than my budget. If I am realistic about
myself - I do not see myself upgrading after every 6months/1yr - I will
probably upgrade after 3/4 yrs and by that time I might as well get a new
mobo since dual core's will most likely be a norm by then.
The only reason then, I would go for a 939 pin socket mobo now, is for dual
channel memory. All the P4 mobos within my budget (e.g. Asus P4P800-E Delux)
has this by default whereas the corresponding AMD ones do not support it -
typically they have 3 dimms. (on a side note - if I get one of this, how do
I use a 2 gig ram? why do these have 3 dimms and not 2?)
The question I have is that is not having DDR on AMD that big a deal? What
are the pros/cons of this compared with that of P4, given what I have for my
planned use of my PC?
Thanks for any inputs on this.
Shantanu Sen