Sould I buy a DUAL 1800 or wait for the new hammer/sledgehammer???

[muttley]

Ok here's what has happened to me in the past I have been watching the CPU monitor and have seen it peg at 100% and then have to wait for whatever to restore where the computer is normal. Now this hasn't been happening so much anymore under Windows XP. Btu now I am running a small web server and a few subdomains and I don't want the web stuff to get delayed while I'm doing other stuff. I play games ocassionally do multi-tasking and have multiple programs like virus scan in the tray and then other programs like adobe to adjust pictures and this that and the other power user stuff. Also I would like to run the cancer research stuff and possible seti also.

Should I build this up costing me 850

or should I wait for the sledge/claw hammer and is the consumer version able to do a dual processor or just the server version and what is the guestimate of the cost of the chip and motherboard???

Thanks for your input
muttley

 

[conjur]

My guess is the new CPU is going to come out of the gate costing some $$$.

Sooo....with the XP1800+ about around $120......

Up to you...wait and spend $$$ and have a really fast chip or buy now and have pretty darn fast chip now and save plenty.

 

[m2kewl]

I agree - personally, I would buy the xp1800/p4 now rather then spend $$$ out the gate.

Plus, time is seti/cancer work units!!! 😀 😛 😉

*burp* /coronas kicking in...😱

 

[htmlmasterdave]

If you are honestly worried about what your server does, get a seperate machine to do it. You don't need all that much, even a low end duron or celeron machine would be just fine, and ensure that no matter what you are doing, your server would be just as fast 🙂

 

[TNOguy]

Any reason not to go with XP 1900+ chips? I notice they are just slightly higher now than the
$134 I paid for the 1800s only three weeks ago...and they're only, what, about $20 more per
chip.

TNOguy 🙂

 

[bbarnes]

Wait if you got the big bucks...

But if I had to do it personally, I would be on such a budget that I would have to go with the 1800s.

 

[Crazee]

You aren't going to see the Sledgehammer until the very end of this year at the soonest. The next AMD price break is April 15th. I would wait until then and grab some 2000+s they should be at the sweet spot then.

 

[Baldy18]

I'm down with Crazee on this, the Hammer chips are just too far away.

 

[kmmatney]

Also, the thoroughbred (next generation Athlon) may work in a current dual motherboard, so you may well have an upgrade path even if you buy now.