[ale] Pentium vs AMD vs DDR3 based motherboard

[Tavarvess Ware]

Good question but I really don't know I only have one machine @ home
with AMD (though I love it) at work we only use Intel and the rest of my
home arsenal is Intel.  


Thu, 2011-06-30 at 13:39 -0400, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> It seems as though hardware questions are not supported or
> entertained.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
> <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Friends:
>         
>         I currently have a Biostar ATX Motherboard that houses a
>         BE2400 AMD cpu.  There is 4GB of DDR2 RAM.  This is my ongoing
>         Myth Backend Server.
>         
>         I have another HTPC with MSI mATX motherboard iwth 4GB of DDR2
>         RAM with AMD || X2 250 CPU trying to run MythFrontEnd.
>         
>         I want to replace my Myth Server(the BE2400 cpu one)
>         
>         1.  I am thinking of putting my Less powerfuls BE2400 CPU to
>         the HTPC.
>         
>         2.  Buy a new ATX DDR2 based motherboard, put the CPU (X2 250)
>         yanked out from the HTPC to this new motherboard. (cost of MB
>         = 60.00)
>         
>         However memory for DDR3 is cheap approx 8GB for $50
>         
>         Is it better to just buy a new DDR3 based Mother board with a
>         diff CPU ?
>         
>         I am confused and would some suggestions/advise.
>         
>         -Narahari
> 
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