I am getting a new mobo soon in the 995 socket. I have always used Pentium
4, so I know what to expect from it. But what about Athlon 64. Which would
you go with, and why?

BTW, I meant specifically the Athlon 64 when I said AMD 64.

"Go Tyler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am getting a new mobo soon in the 995 socket. I have always used Pentium
>4, so I know what to expect from it. But what about Athlon 64. Which would
>you go with, and why?
>

"Go Tyler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> BTW, I meant specifically the Athlon 64 when I said AMD 64.
>
> "Go Tyler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>I am getting a new mobo soon in the 995 socket. I have always used Pentium
>>4, so I know what to expect from it. But what about Athlon 64. Which would
>>you go with, and why?
>>
>
Am I missing summat then? I thought A64's were either socket 754 or 939.

SteveH

Typo. No need to be trivial, as the focus was athlon 64/P4 rather than
socket.

"SteveH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Go Tyler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:H3fpf.12943$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> BTW, I meant specifically the Athlon 64 when I said AMD 64.
>>
>> "Go Tyler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news%epf.12941$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I am getting a new mobo soon in the 995 socket. I have always used
>>>Pentium 4, so I know what to expect from it. But what about Athlon 64.
>>>Which would you go with, and why?
>>>
>>
> Am I missing summat then? I thought A64's were either socket 754 or 939.
>
> SteveH
>

754,939,940 are the AMD sockets. What are you going to be using it for?
Once you let us know that you can get a better answer. However I would go
with the AMD considering their dual core proc and their 64bit proc lines
perform better overall and produce way less heat then the P4 LGA775 line

I shouldn't have listed the socket in my original post; I have not even
decided on a MOBO yet. It seems to me that the ones I am looking at more and
appreciating more are the boards that support AMD.

Music, TV, Games are the big three--and probably the only things--that
occupy my time on the computer.

I have never heard that the AMD did not get as hot as the Pentium. Is that
really true? That would be something to consider as a factor also.

Thank you all.
"Jamie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> 754,939,940 are the AMD sockets. What are you going to be using it for?
> Once you let us know that you can get a better answer. However I would go
> with the AMD considering their dual core proc and their 64bit proc lines
> perform better overall and produce way less heat then the P4 LGA775 line
>

Go Tyler wrote:
> I am getting a new mobo soon in the 995 socket. I have always used Pentium
> 4, so I know what to expect from it. But what about Athlon 64. Which would
> you go with, and why?
>
>
I would go for a S939 Opteron :P

Though it might sound a bit weird since Opterons are server/workstation
processors, they are quite fast, and because they are made to be stable,
you can overclock them a lot before they start to crash.

But if you don't like overclocking, you can go for an Athlon too, they
might be a little cheaper, and perform a lot better than equally priced
Pentium 4 processors.

Marc

"Go Tyler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
>I shouldn't have listed the socket in my original post; I have not even decided
>on a MOBO yet. It seems to me that the ones I am looking at more and
>appreciating more are the boards that support AMD.
>
> Music, TV, Games are the big three--and probably the only things--that occupy
> my time on the computer.
>
> I have never heard that the AMD did not get as hot as the Pentium. Is that
> really true? That would be something to consider as a factor also.

Go to amd.com and intel.com for tech specs -- the thermal ratings (e.g., about
80 watts for an Opteron) will tell you about the power consumption, therefore
the heat generated.

The newer 90 micron dies use lower voltage and relatively less power than the
older dies.

If game performance is what you want, you'll have to put up with more heat. The
AMD FX (currently 55 or 57) series (socket 939) is likely your best choice.
Then you have the gfx card to deal with, in any case...

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:26:06 -0600, "Go Tyler"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I shouldn't have listed the socket in my original post; I have not even
>decided on a MOBO yet. It seems to me that the ones I am looking at more and
>appreciating more are the boards that support AMD.
>
>Music, TV, Games are the big three--and probably the only things--that
>occupy my time on the computer.
>
>I have never heard that the AMD did not get as hot as the Pentium. Is that
>really true? That would be something to consider as a factor also.

Here have you been hiding then? P4 is fairly infamous for
being hot-running... ever since AMD went from Palomino to
Thoroughbred. The funny part is everyone thinks "AMD cooler
since Athlon64" but they were cooler at full load before
then.

Athlon64 is your best bet. Music, TV and game don't benefit
much from dual core, but if you were wanting to
simultaneously do a couple things, say software-codec-based
video capture while using the system otherwise, dual core
might be what you want. Video capture and gaming would
still be pushing it, dual core would help but there are
still the other bottlenecks like memory throughput or HDD,
maybe audio, etc.

Unless you're doing video editing a LOT I wouldn't consider
a P4 at all, rather a Pentium M if you wanted to go with
Intel.

In article <mWgpf.55545$(E-Mail Removed)>, Go Tyler
says...
> I shouldn't have listed the socket in my original post; I have not even
> decided on a MOBO yet. It seems to me that the ones I am looking at more and
> appreciating more are the boards that support AMD.
>
> Music, TV, Games are the big three--and probably the only things--that
> occupy my time on the computer.
>
AMD64 then. Don't get any benefits from getting a dual core either at
the moment.


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