Hi

Can anyone please provide me with sufficient points that would help me buy an AMD Athlon XP processor based machine.

I am still not convinced with all the reports that are being circulated by AMD and Intel, that says its is the best.

I require some first hand experience so that it could help me make up my mind.

Thanks in advance..

Save a good bit of $$$$$. Mine is pretty swift and not near as expensive as Intel.

There are comparison sites you can look at. I saw one earlier but can't find it.

Later

Found that link.

http://www.cpuscorecard.com/

Find out which gives the most bang for the buck.

I have been using AMD for many years now. Low cost, very effective. I'm not big on paying extra money for Intel. I just recently built an AMD based pc for home:

Crucial 512MB DDR333 PC2700
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz 333FSB
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 60GB Ultra ATA/133 7200RPM
Chaintech A-FX20 GeForce FX 5200 AGP 8X 128MB DDR
Gigabyte GA-7VT600-L Via KT600
Liteon LTR-52327S 52x32x52
Liteon LTN-526 52X

All of the above for $472.50! And these prices have come down a few dollars. I got all of that from URL=http://www.zipzoomfly.com]ZipZoomFly[/URL]

It's been very fast and reliable for Linux and XP. I recommend AMD to anyone I build a pc for. Let's face it, if you want server performance, buy a server. If you want to play games and surf the web, buy an AMD chip.

Chris

Hi

Thank you for your replies. May be I will go for AMD.

Regards...

amd the way to go save the money,and use it on mor ram an motherther board.

here is an intel vs amd thread.posted not so long ago.see for yourself
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=101155