Author: Pavel Blokhine
Date: 21:34:10 04/08/03
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On April 09, 2003 at 00:17:16, Charles Worthington wrote: >On April 08, 2003 at 23:53:06, Charles Worthington wrote: > >>On April 08, 2003 at 23:41:44, Pavel Blokhine wrote: >> >>>I am looking to buy a new computer. I will be using it for many things, but >>>mostly for computer video games and chess online. So what computer would be >>>best? TheMicro Express MicroFlex 27A Powered by AMD's 2.17-GHz Athlon XP 2700+ >>>processor and 512MB of DDR400 SDRAM, the MicroFlex 27A earned a blistering score >>>of 130 on PC WorldBench 4 tests, for $2254 or a Dell Dimension 8250• 3.06-GHz >>>Pentium 4 processor• 200GB hard drive• 18-inch LCD monitor• 128MB ATI Radeon >>>9700 Pro graphics• 16X DVD-ROM drive, DVD+RW/+R drive at $3158? >> >> >>If video games and chess are your main uses for the machine I would think the >>AMD would be the better choice...especially for the money....I own a dimension >>8250 and while it surely performs well it was hardly worth the additional cost >>were i to only use it for chess. But in the end it really is just a question of >>personal preference. If both companies offer comparable service and support then >>its really a toss of the coin. >>Charles > > >P.S. The decision will also depend on what you plan for the machine in the >future. If you want to upgrade to a faster cpu later on or overclock your >current one then the AMD is the only option for you. Dell boards do not support >overclocking and Intel is notorious for often changing the socket on their cpus. >So you can pretty much rule out upgrading the Dell at all without >some_major_expense. Speed wise you are not going to see a huge world of >differece between the two machines. Assuming no overclocking you will get close >to 1200 kNs running fritz 8 on either. The hyperthreading will give you a 10 to >12% boost with the intel running Deep Fritz 7 but the strength difference is >negligible. > >Charles Thanks. But how do i overclock an AMD and is it safe?
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