Author: Oliver Y.
Date: 07:36:52 05/12/01
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On May 11, 2001 at 18:47:45, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>On May 11, 2001 at 16:34:29, Oliver Y. wrote:
>
>>I'm thinking of getting a new motherboard and CPU {single processor board}.
>>
>>Using just tomshardware.com and www.pricewatch.com, can anyone recommend whether
>>AMD or Pentium is more cost effective?
>>
>>Assume that I have to purchase RAM from scratch.
>>
>>I would have guessed that AMD is the obvious choice but I know little about how
>>effectively the RDRAM would be for current programs...
>>
>>The only important or useful activity for such a computer would be chess
>>analysis...
>>
>>Thanks for any guidance, and sorry if this is not particularly as 'On topic' as
>>some would like...
>>
>>aplayer at canada.com would be my email address...
>
>i would advise you to buy an AMD 1333 processor with a motherborad that supports
>266 frontside bus. i'm not sure which type of RAM you ought to buy-DDRAM or
>SDRAM) DDRAM is about 75% more expensive but slightly better performing - this
>may however be more than balanced by the fact that for the same cost you could
>buy a lot more SDRAM )
>
>RDRAM only works with pentium 4 chips which in any case is a relative duffer for
>chess.
>
>rajen
Assume that all of us have read and understand at least the contents at
tomshardware.com when commenting:
Is there anything more specific re Pentium 4/Pentium 3 or its 400FSB RAM that
anyone could comment on? What about prospects for improved chipsets?
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