[ale] OT: motherboard/processor recommendations

[Kilroy, Chris]

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->From: Steve Long [mailto:stl2 at mindspring.com]
->Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:30 PM
->To: ale at ale.org
->Subject: Re: [ale] OT: motherboard/processor recommendations
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->The fastest Athalon is the Athalon XP 2200+ running at 1.8 
->GHz  Cost around
>From what i've read the 4400 may be the way to go, since it overclockable to the same performance as the 4600.


my memory may be deceiving me on that, but something you might want to look into if you order is still pending.


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->I have yet to crank it up as I am waiting on the Video card.  
->A GeForce 4200
->from OCsystems.
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->Check out http://www.ocsystem.com
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->They also have systems that are very fast.
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->However, the AMD chip is still slower than the fastest 
->Pentium even with
->overclocking and the architecture advantage AMD has.
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->Intel's sheer speed advantage is a little over the top of AMD but the
->Athalon is much cheaper.
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->AMD also wants more power for the 2200+ and copper cooling.  
->Be sure what
->you buy is on the list from AMD.
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->Take a look at http://www.tomshardware.com and read what he 
->has to say about
->the mother boards.
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->Tom gets a good look at the new ones.
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->The DDR stands for Double Data Rate (Synchronous RAM)
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->It does two data operations in one cycle..
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->It will not act like more RAM but it will process the data faster.
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->Http://www.kingston.com/tools/bits/bit33.asp
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->Dollars for bytes, AMD is better.  Sheer speed, Intel has the 
->edge...  For
->now.
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->Unless AMD comes out with something faster soon, Intel will 
->best them again.
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->----- Original Message -----
->From: "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com>
->To: <ale at ale.org>
->Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:05 PM
->Subject: [ale] OT: motherboard/processor recommendations
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->> I typically build my own pcs from web-order parts, but have 
->had no need to
->> keep up with hardware trends since two years ago, when I 
->assembled my
->> current 900mhz athlon.
->>
->> I'm looking to upgrade the motherboard and processor, but 
->don't know what
->> my best options are.  Is the Athlon still outperforming the 
->equivalent
->> pentium?  If I stick with the Athlon, what are some good 
->mbs to take a
->> look at?  I'd like to go top of the line as far a processor 
->speed goes.  I
->> currently run an Abit KA7 and have been very pleased with 
->performance.
->>
->> An additional question: is DDR practically (as opposed to only
->> theoretically) equivalent to 2xSDRAM?
->>
->> Thanks!
->>
->> John
->>
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