AMD or Intel ?

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: Ornery
Whatever comes in Dell's latest Outrageous Deal. The first AMD I've purchased, since the K6 days, was part of an HP Pavilion hot deal for Christmas 2003.

Building a PC today, is a waste of time & money!

Buying a dell may be cost effective, but I wouldn't want to get stuck with questionable parts. I prefer to do a lot of research on each individual component before buying. I want to be able to upgrade my CPU knowing that I can get something in a current socket after a few months, and I want a stable MB that I know will overclock very well. I can't get that from dell. Plus the outrageous deals usually come with integrated graphics, so I'd have to spring for a new graphics card if I didn't have one that would work in the new machine.

I think i'll stick with building my own computers.

 

[pecel]

Again ??

btw, AMD

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: sandorski
This is the correct Forum, because the others don't want this type of thread.

For a reason: they're retarded. We already know what everyone's going to say. 90% AMD, 10% Intel.

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee

Buying a dell may be cost effective, but I wouldn't want to get stuck with questionable parts. I prefer to do a lot of research on each individual component before buying. I want to be able to upgrade my CPU knowing that I can get something in a current socket after a few months, and I want a stable MB that I know will overclock very well. I can't get that from dell. Plus the outrageous deals usually come with integrated graphics, so I'd have to spring for a new graphics card if I didn't have one that would work in the new machine.

I think i'll stick with building my own computers.

******Hardware and System Building Guide For New Users******

• Part One - Low end computers
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    -You are almost always better off buying a cheap Dell with a monitor or an Emachine with two hundred MIR's from Best Buy, but if you want to build your own you can get an idea from above. For hot deals visit the "Hot Deals" forums.
  
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    -Once again here, I think you would be better off going the Dell route or a cheap Emachine, as they include monitors, keyboards, and mice. Catch a good enough deal and you might get a printer as well.

For people who regard PCs as tools for work, building from scratch is like throwing money away. Just another expensive hobby.

 

[Eli]

Wow, the poll results surprise me, but that's not a bad thing!

 

[imthebadguy]

intel

 

[neonerd]

Already voted, and replied, but what the hell...

AMD

 

[PeteRoy]

INTEL

 

[cjgallen]

AMD is hippie commie crap!!!!

 

[BrokenVisage]

bump?

 

[BMdoobieW]

AMD's in my home-builts and INTEL's in my DELL's.

 

[monk3y]

Either one... though at the moment I have an AMD.

 

[Mo0o]

Sigh... I can't believe people are still banging their heads against this wall.

 

[TrueEevil]

AMD. Nuf said

 

[Crescent13]

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHH!!!!!

AMD!

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: Ornery
For people who regard PCs as tools for work, building from scratch is like throwing money away. Just another expensive hobby.

Oh, I wouldn't go halfway that far.

For people who want PCs and don't want to spend more on them than they did their toaster oven, because they are blowing all their money on multiple-grand car parts and stereo components....

Hell yeah buy a Dell or HP! You cannot 'build your own' for under $500 and beat their prices once rebates are considered.

(FWIW, my first two PCs where a Compaq and HP - but, then, we had just got married and I *could not* spend more than $400 on an entire PC, total. And, yeah, I did CompUServe internet for a year to get the post-rebate price down that low.)

But, if you are moderately middle class and can afford to spend $1000-$1500 on a PC, you can get a MUCH better system 'build-it-yourself'. And if you are into PCs or 'gaming' as a hobby and are going to spend $2k-$3k on it (or more!), then the Dells, HPs, and Gateways of the world are just raping you for fun if you buy from them at that price point.

 

[middlehead]

Generally AMD, but I'd take an Intel if I could find a good enough deal.

 

[imported_malcontent]

While I voted for AMD, I have no real preference.
Price seems to be the deciding factor the past year or so.