Pine Barrens Mafia Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 Rehabbed my system to upgrade to a quad core. Installed Athlon II x4, msi mobo and 4 gigs of RAM for under $200. Love AMD, haven't used anything but their processors the last 8 years.
Dante Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Rehabbed my system to upgrade to a quad core. Installed Athlon II x4, msi mobo and 4 gigs of RAM for under $200. Love AMD, haven't used anything but their processors the last 8 years. Glad AMD is around to keep Intel half assed in line price wise anyway. My last build was Intel but the two or three previous were AMD. Is your ram and mobo DDR 3?
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 4, 2009 Author Posted November 4, 2009 Glad AMD is around to keep Intel half assed in line price wise anyway. My last build was Intel but the two or three previous were AMD. Is your ram and mobo DDR 3? Yes, it is.
Dante Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Yes, it is. Thats cheap. Don't know much about the cpu you got but wow! For a quad that sounds fantastic. From Newegg? ZipZoomFly?
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 5, 2009 Author Posted November 5, 2009 Thats cheap. Don't know much about the cpu you got but wow! For a quad that sounds fantastic. From Newegg? ZipZoomFly? Newegg. had my neighbor call in the order. He has an IT business, so thought he might do better than the egg. But he could not.
Dante Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Newegg. had my neighbor call in the order. He has an IT business, so thought he might do better than the egg. But he could not. I *heart* Newegg
kegtapr Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 I used to love AMD and preferred them over P3's-4's, but since the Core Duo's came out, they haven't been able to match the performance. They still play an important role in keeping Intel prices down, and offer a solid option for the budget minded. I went to the Core i7 platform in the spring and I'm glad I did. Nothing I've ever used can touch it, but it did take a (pricey) clean start due to the socket change and being an somewhat early adopter. Can't beat the deal you got for a value to performance upgrade.
stuckincincy Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Rehabbed my system to upgrade to a quad core. Installed Athlon II x4, msi mobo and 4 gigs of RAM for under $200. Love AMD, haven't used anything but their processors the last 8 years. Very nice! Myself, recently, I stick with Intel retail MoBos' and processors. AMD is fine - I've built several boxes through the years with their processors. Very satisfactory. But for my current situation, I have to factor in Intel's combined MoBo/CPU support capabilities.
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