Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 11:37:38 12/14/04
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On December 14, 2004 at 14:23:32, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 13, 2004 at 09:21:24, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>On December 12, 2004 at 06:46:47, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>On December 12, 2004 at 06:01:36, Ray Banks wrote: >>> >>>>On December 12, 2004 at 05:54:02, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >>>> >>>>>The most interesting chess system is since Pentium III a dual system. Much more >>>>>interesting to look after a dual system. Believe me, you will have much more fun >>>>>with your hobby. >>>> >>>>Or better still a Dual Athlon. I have 2 of them exclusively for ponder-on chess >>>>tournaments :-) But if you also want it for gaming, or other uses, it will be >>>>disappointing. The dual Athlon motherboards and chipsets are very dated - no >>>>SATA, firewire, USB2 etc >>>> >>>>Dual Opteron would be fantastic as would a dual Xeon set-up, but horrendously >>>>expensive >>>> >>>>If you want a general purpose machine (i.re. not juyt for chess) then an >>>>Athlon64 is the way to go in my view >>> >>>Me too, I'm hoping to get a best general purpose machine which gives the best >>>possible for all-round chess [esp. the top programs, and playing and analysing] >>>within a reasonable budget (best value for money). >>> Does this point to Athlon 64, one of the fastest (well, ALL of them are one of >>>the fastest as there are not so many different Athlon 64's, I suppose). >>> >>>If that is difficult to obtain for any reason, what would be second best? >>>S.Taylor >> >> >>Best value for money is currently an Athlon AMD 64 3000+ in 90 Nanometer >>(Winchester-Core) for about 160 $. You might consider to buy an 3500+ which runs >>at 2.2 GHz (compared to 1.8 for 3000+) for about 270 ยง. I too would recommened >>the Winchester-Core as it consumes less energy and runs cooler. >> >>regards Joachim > >Where do you get your low prices of 270$? > >Are you sure that you include all the necessary components like operating >system, mouse,keyboard and motherboard inside the price? I would think that's just for the mobo and chip. Memory, disks, case and power, monitor -- that's all separate and gets you up to the 800-1500 price range for the total system. > >Uri
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