Best CPU

anime-dragon · Post by **anime-dragon** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:39 pm

hey, im thinking of building a new pc, and i need ur suggestions.
which of the processors is better? P4 or AMD Athlon

I need suggestion in the following

Best for AMV (adobe premire)
Games

this pc is mostly for media purposes.

anime-dragon · Post by **anime-dragon** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:44 pm

i forgot to mention, pc is also for dvd burning, capturing,

sorry about the double post but i cant edit

Anime2Envy · Post by **Anime2Envy** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:05 pm

I would say go with an XP around 2100 to 2600, inless you want the very best (3.0+ Ghz) then go with the P4.

anime-dragon · Post by **anime-dragon** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:08 pm

if possible can u post the price range.

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:44 pm

anime-dragon wrote:if possible can u post the price range.

If your going to build it yourself, might I first have you look at this:
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2522582</a>
Note the KT600 chip - this is a must for anything faster than 2400+ AMD's

Next, note that there is nothing said about the
IDE: ULTRA DMA ATA 133/100/66 being --Serial--
many hard drives today are Serial Drive DMA 133/166 types - watch-out!!

I use this board for an example because it is my bid that won and the person who will be using it will also have one of my AMD 2500+'s and there is no need for having a MotherBoard which can not keep pace with the Processor!!!

I'm checking into the Socket 754 for AMD Athlon64 boards as well, so far this
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... y=42012</a>
looks promissing - and as such might be a better option ^^
( however, this requires the PC3500 RAM's - price ? ( not to bad ^^ )

? CPU Prices ? If your going to use AMD's, use the Barton Design ^^
<a href="http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/SaleSe ... y=165">AMD Athlon's at E-bay</a>
or
<a href="http://www9.dealtime.com/xKW-amd/FD-0/l ... GS.html</a>

^^

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 2:10 am

Check out the articles at http://www.tomshardware.com. They do frequent testing of processors in applications like gaming and video editing. Latest testing shows AMD currently in the lead.

anime-dragon · Post by **anime-dragon** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 9:45 am

those guides were helpful, thanks, since i dont live in the US the eBAY werent useful. i live in canada. does anyone know any canadian online stores?

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:21 am

ZingPC? http://www.zingpc.com/

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:17 pm

anime-dragon wrote:since i dont live in the US the eBAY weren't useful.

hehe
Sign up for PayPal.com and you may be surprised to notice something - they
are E-bay's in Every Country - just like Amizon.jp and other locations.

umm . if you really want to get something off of E-bay, let me know - I'll relay
it for you ^^ ( I'm in Northern Minnesota - towns population 3,400 )

Also check out CCNow.com - they work with World Wide Bank transfers and Exchanges.

^_~

anime-dragon · Post by **anime-dragon** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 2:48 pm

the reason i want canadian stores is because most of the stuff in eBay are in US dollors. when i convert the currency plus the shipping plus taxes its too much.

i will check out ZingPc <-- thanks for the link.