Which processor manufacturer do you hardcore lot keep in business? I am really curious to find this out
I used to be all for AMD, but recently, I have switched over to Intel stuff for my main rig. Intel is better for my main rig, faster more responsive, etc. But for other stuff, like cost, if you wanna maintain extra crunchers, or make a cluster at home and stuff like that, go with AMD.
but surely for the cost you save by buying an AMD equivalent you could then overclock it and boom...it is now much much faster than the intel and have cash to spend on other stuff.
Currently, I have the following: Athlon XP 2500+ @ 2500Mhz Athlon XP 1700+ @ stock Athlon Thunderbird 1000 @ 1100Mhz Athlon Thunderbird 1333 (not running) Duron 800 @ stock Pentium III 733 Speed Step @ 733/600Mhz I'm quite possibly looking at getting a P3 based system at some point for running as a(nother) file server.
ive got an amd xp 2500 barton in my desktop rig, but a pentium 4-m centrino badgery thing in my lappy. I don't know which I will use more! all my other pcs are amd though.
Been 6 years since I bought intel (for my own use and disregarding 2nd hand machines I've pciked up etc)... however were I bying a new PC it would actually probably be an intel at the moment. Next likely mobo and cpu purchase some time next year will probably be AMD64, though.
Another vote for AMD... 1800 (sig) 1700 (not running) 1.33 t/bird @ 1ghz k6 500mhz AMD are so much cheaper tho not quite as fast as high end pentiums, but for a low budget, can't beat em!
AMD 2400+ at the moment, though I'm tempted to try an Intel system to see how well they compare in use.
Currently I have all AMD's: 2500+ @ 2.17 ghz 2100+ @ Stock 1800+ @ Stock 1600+ @ Stock 900 mhz Duron and an old 550 Athlon K7 or something...that useless item.
AMD K6 2000+ Athlon Palomino 2500+ Athlon Barton Intel 1000 Celeron 800 Celeron P4 2.4c soon P150Pro (old laptop/server)
I have had more AMD's then you can shake a stick at and 2 intel's, my 3 main rigs and laptop are AMD but i think i might have to shell out on a P4 for reviewing purposes Murdoc
What I currently have in "the pile". Intel: 2.4P4 - 1.7P4 - Lots of smaller CPUs 66mhz up to the first generation 1.5P4 AMD:1700+, 2400+, Lots of smaller CPUs from 300 up to 500mhz Cyrix: A few smaller CPUs (sub - 500mhz) IBM: A few smaller CPUs (sub - 500mhz) I think I have a few other brands under 500mhz but can't remember for sure.
PowerPC G4 1GHz PowerPC G5 2GHz (got it 4 days ago) AMD Athlon XP1700+ AMD Athlon 1100 Via C3 1GHz Intel P4M 3.2GHz Intel P3 733
