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Offline fsulloway

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Amd Athlon processor info?
« on: March 10, 2004, 01:04:14 PM »
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with these. Specifically I'm looking at a new desktop that has the Athlon XP 3000+. Gamers seem to really like them from what I've read. The specs suggest that they are slower that the competition however.
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Re:Amd Athlon processor info?
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2004, 01:11:45 PM »
I have used AMD extensivly since 1999, I love them...I would never buy a pentium(well..maybe not never), for the price difference..you cant beat AMD...the hyperthreading tech from pentium is nice...if you have the money..but I really think that AMD multithreads as well as the pentium still.  go to http://tomshardware.com and you can find MANY reviews and comparisons...i do think you will be pleased with the AMD tho.  esp one that speed..  THe most importnat feature of a computer(once you get into HIGH speed proc) is the RAM..

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Re:Amd Athlon processor info?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2004, 01:13:31 PM »
is this for a laptop?  if so..you REALLY might wanna think about going witht he pentium(haha..i know i know) centrino...it will help you on batteries a TON!!!!
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Re:Amd Athlon processor info?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2004, 01:16:21 PM »
for a lappy i'd go intel.  For a desktop athlon will work but buy a big badass heatsink, these suckers run hot as hell.
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Re:Amd Athlon processor info?
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2004, 07:14:01 PM »
Thanks for the info guys.
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Re:Amd Athlon processor info?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2004, 04:43:52 AM »
I bought a 2200+ Last summer, best thing I ever did!
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Re:Amd Athlon processor info?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2004, 06:46:26 AM »
Quote from: fozzy on March 10, 2004, 01:16:21 PM
for a lappy i'd go intel.  For a desktop athlon will work but buy a big badass heatsink, these suckers run hot as hell.

This is kind of nitpicking but if you're not going to overclock your cpu a stock fan/heatsink is fine IMO.  The thing to be concerned here is that the fan/heatsink is properly attatched and a good thermal compound used.
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Re:Amd Athlon processor info?
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2004, 04:08:22 AM »
i dunno what kinda heat sink I got, the one that the guy at PC Club recommended.  CPU never runs over 110  8)
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Re:Amd Athlon processor info?
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2004, 08:48:14 PM »
i like AMD but i recently had one die on me because the heatsink fan was all gunked up and wasn't providing enough air movement.  this happened about 4 months after i bought it.  the heatsink i used was the one that came with the chip and it still burnt up.  just be careful.
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Re:Amd Athlon processor info?
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2004, 03:25:52 AM »
Quote from: chase on March 12, 2004, 08:48:14 PM
i like AMD but i recently had one die on me because the heatsink fan was all gunked up and wasn't providing enough air movement.  this happened about 4 months after i bought it.  the heatsink i used was the one that came with the chip and it still burnt up.  just be careful.

Put an air filter on your intake fan.
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