The WD Raptor drive got here yesterday, now all I need to finish up this new workstation is to pick a motherboard/CPU combo. (And get matching memory.) Can’t decide whether to go P4 or Athlon 64.
The WD Raptor drive got here yesterday, now all I need to finish up this new workstation is to pick a motherboard/CPU combo. (And get matching memory.) Can’t decide whether to go P4 or Athlon 64.
AMD64 + nForce4-Ultra motherboard…cheaper and faster solution…
Pentium 4’s are overpriced (and slow) small ovens…
Just my 0.02 euros…
Wait if you can. If you’re buying now, Athlon 64 is the way to go.
Pentium M desktop motherboards should be updating soon. Otherwise, go AMD 64 (you’re running linux on it, right?
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I’ll echo the choice for the Athlon
same by me. atholons are dopest.
Yeah, I got a P4 – good over clock potential on it – if I stick a FORD radiator on the chip. Seriously though, keeps the house warm during these cold months.
Oh, and the raptors are awesome. I got a 36 for my system drive – XP loads in less than a minutes. Very freakin awesome. Really sweet for games too – almost nobody beats me in loading
I’d go with an Athlon too.
Jeff, do you sit by the toasty warm case, listening to the hum of the fans? ;o)
No actually I got the Sonatta case by Antec – can’t hear a damn thing outta the machine. Highly reccommend it – I can however hear my roommates dual athlon jet engines all the time.
AMD64s with Cool ‘n’ Quiet + Asus’ Q-Fan motherboard feature means that the fan switches off sometimes, when you are just reading email and doing other non-intensive things.
How cool is that?
I have had a number of P4s at work, and I would go with AMD64 any day of the week (just did, in fact).
Hmm, I’ld go with P4 instead. For the reason Jeff Minard in post #6 mentioned :p