P4 2.8 800mhz FSB vs AMD Athlon 64 3000+

[Richard]

Not sure where te best board would be for this subject...
just looking for some opinions and suggestions.

Buying some parts for a new system in the next couple
days, and jus saw that AMD released the new AMD Athlon 64
3000+ for about the same price as the P4 2.8 800mhz, which
is what I was planning on. I'm leaning towards the P4
anyway, since I have yet to hear something bad about the
higher end P4's, but was wondering if there were any
arguments in favor of the new AMD? And why is the Athlon
64 3000+ so much cheaper than the other AMD 64 bitters?

Also, can anyone recommend a good, medium - high end
motherboard for the P4 2.8, PC3200 DDR400, and SATA
support? Looking to spend around $100, and there's a bunch
in that range, but wanted some recommendations. This will
be my first built system, so the more user-friendly, the
better.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

For best performance, purchase a P4 2.8GHz processor and a
MSI 865PE Neo2 motherboard. For excellent pricing, visit
www.newegg.com. Purchase your DDR400 RAM
from www.crucial.com.

P.S. Microsoft has not yet released a version of Windows XP
that supports the AMD-64 processor. There are very few programs
written for 64-bit processing for the average user.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Not sure where te best board would be for this subject...
| just looking for some opinions and suggestions.
|
| Buying some parts for a new system in the next couple
| days, and jus saw that AMD released the new AMD Athlon 64
| 3000+ for about the same price as the P4 2.8 800mhz, which
| is what I was planning on. I'm leaning towards the P4
| anyway, since I have yet to hear something bad about the
| higher end P4's, but was wondering if there were any
| arguments in favor of the new AMD? And why is the Athlon
| 64 3000+ so much cheaper than the other AMD 64 bitters?
|
| Also, can anyone recommend a good, medium - high end
| motherboard for the P4 2.8, PC3200 DDR400, and SATA
| support? Looking to spend around $100, and there's a bunch
| in that range, but wanted some recommendations. This will
| be my first built system, so the more user-friendly, the
| better.
|

 

[JAX]

Got any 64 bit programs?

JAX

 

[Richard]

Thanks for the replies. I don't have any programs that
support 64-bit, and am aware of Longhorn... and the
delays. My issue is more the best value. I'm building a
system for the first time, and don't want to have to jump
to 64 bit in 2 years b/c my P4 can't handle longhorn (or
another 64 bit os). I mostly use adobe and macromedia
software, which I know is not written for 64-bit, yet.
Basically, they cane probably handle the 32 bit stuff
about the same, so is it worth it to get it for the future?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Longhorn is going to be a 32-bit O/S.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Thanks for the replies. I don't have any programs that
| support 64-bit, and am aware of Longhorn... and the
| delays. My issue is more the best value. I'm building a
| system for the first time, and don't want to have to jump
| to 64 bit in 2 years b/c my P4 can't handle longhorn (or
| another 64 bit os). I mostly use adobe and macromedia
| software, which I know is not written for 64-bit, yet.
| Basically, they cane probably handle the 32 bit stuff
| about the same, so is it worth it to get it for the future?

 

[hello_4994]

Nope, there would be 64-bit editions of it, as with Windows XP, which
currently has IA64 (Itanium) architecture supported and the x86-64 (AMD)
technologies currently in beta phase. See this website
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.asp for more details

Frank Chen

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

There will be likely be a 64-bit version of Longhorn, but the average
user will only require the 32-bit version unless they opt for a major
hardware upgrade of 64-bit compatible components.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Nope, there would be 64-bit editions of it, as with Windows XP, which
| currently has IA64 (Itanium) architecture supported and the x86-64 (AMD)
| technologies currently in beta phase. See this website
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.asp for more details
|
| Frank Chen
|
| | > Longhorn is going to be a 32-bit O/S.
| >
| > --
| > Carey Frisch
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Windows XP - Shell/User
| >
| > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
| -----------
| >
| > | >
| > | Thanks for the replies. I don't have any programs that
| > | support 64-bit, and am aware of Longhorn... and the
| > | delays. My issue is more the best value. I'm building a
| > | system for the first time, and don't want to have to jump
| > | to 64 bit in 2 years b/c my P4 can't handle longhorn (or
| > | another 64 bit os). I mostly use adobe and macromedia
| > | software, which I know is not written for 64-bit, yet.
| > | Basically, they cane probably handle the 32 bit stuff
| > | about the same, so is it worth it to get it for the future?
|
|