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Subject: Re: Intel vs Amd price difference for dual cpu upgrade

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 22:18:27 02/17/02

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On February 17, 2002 at 21:56:53, K. Burcham wrote:

>
>prices will vary. I just used this one site to compare.
>This package is    Motherboard, 2 processors, and power supply.
>I am curious about this 4400 mhz Prestonia. should be strong kns.
>I also saw where they are saying this 2200 mhz Prestonia will run in a quad
>setup. I couldn't find a motherboard for 4 x intel prestonia 2.2 gig.
>maybe mb will be released later.
>8800 mhz quad, wonder what kns would be running Deep Junior7? maybe 3500 kns.
>not sure.
>
>Intel Pentium 4 "Prestonia" Xeon 2.2 GHz Retail   2@ $825.00      $1,650.00
>SuperMicro P4DC6+ i860 w/ 400W PSU (Socket-603)                   $925.00
>Subtotal : $2575
>
>AMD Athlon MP 1.6 GHz (1900+) OEM 2@$325.00                    $650.00
>Tyan S2460 Tiger MP AMD760MP (Socket-A)                        $238.00
>Enermax 430W ATX 2.03 Power Supply with Adjustable Fan    $125.00
>Subtotal : $1,013.00
>
>difference   $1562
>kburcham

Intel will learn one of these days, that MHZ means squat.  Performance/Price is
king.  Who the hell is running that company?



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