Athlon XP 2600+ or Pentium 4 2.0 ghz

[Sebek]

i think i should get athlon but i think i should get p4.
athlon heats up quickly and cost alot for many fans, athlons are made for 3d rendering. athlon is cheaper.

p4 is more stable and doesnt heat up doesnt need lot of fans.
p4 is 200 dollars more

[Err0neus]

it all comes down to..... 200 DOLLARS MORE LOL
and fans are cheap buddy

[bac HayabaSu]

ya, good system coolers are available on ebay very cheap, or a couple of 15 dollar fans from your local compuzone or best buy will do nicely. i think you must weigh performance versus price, and in my mind this makes athlon the clear winner...... besides it keeps dollars out of the maniacally greedy corporate monster known as intel....

[Sebek]

athlon then i will get instead of p4... how many fans? where do i install them to.

will athlon xp 2600, 64 mb geforce 4, 512 ddr , 80 gb 7200 rpm be good?

[FuZioN]

yeah i am getting a comp like that at christmas, but with a raedon 9700 128mb, 1024gb ram and 120gb hdd,.
how many fans would i need for that.
and also mate, good choice on getting an AMD over intel ;)

[DevilsPaw]

be sure you have one fan at the bottom front of the comp sucking air in and the other in the back up near the power supply blowing air out, there should be a hole there for it. One up top blowing air out would be handy as well and maybe one in the side above the chip's heatsink & fan.

[FuZioN]

and what if my case doesnt have all these holes lol?

[DevilsPaw]

make em http://www.bac-clan.com/forum/images/smilies/ubb_import/biggrin.gif http://www.ocaddiction.com/articles/howto/fantemplates/

[Sebek]

athlon 2400 plus quantispeed, Gigabyte kt400 mother board, geforce 4 64 mb, 512 ddr 400 mhz, 80 gb 7200 rpm , 3 case fans, 1 heatsink, hmm, is that good?

[FuZioN]

yeah cept i would get an asus motherboard ^^ but other than that, its good :D

[SiR KrAcK A LoT 911]

too many fans are gay, too much noise, frickin sounds like a UFO or something, i hate that. try to find quit fans. Get one fan your your video card, i did that, and it is awesome, better graphix, no freezing!!!! just put it on the largest heat sink there is on your video card. i thnk if you just leave the case open, you would not need to get fans, that what i do and it is nice n' cool in my case.

if amd is better than p4, why is p4 more money?

[Sebek]

p4 is better in the long run breaking down-wise.

[DarkMonster]

i would like some 1 to tell me how some coolers works and how those fast looks like also as where can they be put http://www.bac-clan.com/forum/images/smilies/ubb_import/elkgrin.gif

[FuZioN]

if u left your case open all the time, all the dust n crap will get in it and mite stuff it up. and as for the UFO sound thingy...hey, i dont mine, it sounds space-age technology kind of ;) LOL

[Sebek]

is MSI good? kt4

[FuZioN]

yeah msi is up in the high ranks with asus, so one of them is a good investment ^^

[Saxonite]

msi rocks :) i have msi board and msi graphics card. my mobo says in the manual that its made for oc'ing...... but saying that, i have no mobo temp setting, i had to buy a seperate device to record temps. i will be going for a new pc sometime in the new year, and i will probably go for the latest msi mobo, as their products are so user freindly.

[ 17. December 2002, 09:14 AM: Edit: Saxonite ]

[No Tact]

Um Buy My Fricking Computer Dood.

LOL

Ok Go AMD save a few bucks. Put That $200.00 into a better Vid Card Radeon 9700 Pro or a Ti4200/Ti4600.

Get Vantec Stealth fans that you can jump to auto adjust to your needs and are quiet. Easy.

Get a Thermal right SLK-800 CPU heat sink fan and a Thermal (Tt) take Smartfan 2 to put on it and use the knob adjustment on the Tt fan to adjust fan speed as needed.

Get a nice ATX case with good venthilation like a Chieftech. Put 2 intake and 2 exhaust.

Get a nice juicy power supply unit (PSU) like an enermax 430 or a Vantec Stealth unit.

If noise bothers you wear headphones while gaming. Better to hear enemies anyway.

Darkmonster? Um what the hell you tallkin bout boy. English a second language?

P4 are overpriced Office App CPU's. Unless you go with the new 3.06 GHZ hyper threading Intel CPU then your paying too much for their $hit$. And it is optimized for Photoshop. Woofrickinhoo.

Dude buy the one I'm selling. :)

Website - http://pages.sbcglobal.net/spazmodic/4sale/AMD2200/amd2200.htm

[ 17. December 2002, 12:48 PM: Edit: No Tact ]

[DuCKy]

lol stupid fuzion

[No Tact]

I wou;d refer you to this article - http://forums.mikhailtech.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2129

[*bac* delusional247]

I am happy. I just order a

Asus A7n8x with a XP 2400+ and 256 PC3200 :)

go me

[Dirty Rooster]

Or you could drop ice lolly's into the thing every 10 minutes, while paying a small child to waft palm leaves in your general direction.

[FuZioN]

what me stupid huh?

[Relentless]

Im going for the Pent 4, 3.06 soooooooooooooon! I want a mean machine:)

[Belisarius]

3.06 won't give you a mean machine, just something to brag about. It's not worth the price.

First off, it's the newest thing which means you pay 3x for a couple MHz more. Second, HT is only so-so. It's simulated smp, a true dual system will always behave better. Third, most programs you use won't see large benefits. Is an extra $350 dollars really worth a few FPS more in UT and Q3?

[ 11. January 2003, 03:49 PM: Edit: Belisarius ]