Intel or AMD ( :confused; )?

[ragiepew]

ummm you sure you're old enough to drink that stuff =P...

 

[Valvoline6]

I'm pretty unbiased. I decided to build my own PC this time, and originally went out looking for a nice AMD based mobo that would overclock well and would be stable. I did a bunch of research and found that the components I had and the components I wanted to buy for this system had more problems with the AMD boards. So I went with a PIII 700E and have been absolutely thrilled. This thing is solid as a rock. In the future when it is time to upgrade I will give AMD another long hard look and if it is more cost effective while providing the same stability I will go with that.

Don't choose sides, just give everything a long hard look, do lots of research and go with what seems to be best for you. It may be Intel, it may be AMD. What ever it is if it runs good and makes you happy it's all good..

 

[Syborg1211]

Hehe, my mom moved the small fridge upstairs and still stores beer and wine and stuff in there.

I like Valvoline's attitude

 

[ragiepew]

Valvoline does have the right idea... both sides need to be given a look at and it all depends on what your going after... if its ease of build then by all means go Intel... but i would argue that AMD systems are fairly easy to build... sure there are some stipulations, but its easy non the less. If its a 3d workstation you need... AMD all the way... the point is it all depends on what you are after.

 

[GaryTcs]

I haven't had any problems related to anything other than the fact that I want my processor to run at 166% capacity! Tha Asus board has a few quirks, but if you install SB in PCI 3, they all seem to go away. Has nothing to do with CPU though, it's a chipset?bios flaw. (I can assume none of you Intel guys want to touch that!)
Good luck Vivek, you opened a can of worms here.

I also like Valvoline's advice, get whatever you want, whatever you trust and whatever you can technically handle. But don't wait for too long for another hardware "breakthrough".