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When obtaining a motherboard, should I use a Pentium 4-HT or a Pentium D CPU? Or maybe I want a Pentium D with Hyperthreading? Some say I should ditch Intel altogether and go with AMD. I am so confused ... A little help here, please ...
-- Andy
P.S. What memory is best to use with a 800-MHz front-side bus?

yes,sounds good "Andyistic" wrote in message

When obtaining a motherboard, should I use a Pentium 4-HT or a Pentium D CPU? Or maybe I want a Pentium D with Hyperthreading? Some say I should ditch Intel altogether and go with AMD. I am so confused ... A little help here, please ...
-- Andy
P.S. What memory is best to use with a 800-MHz front-side bus?

I would go with an AMD Athlon 64. (Dual-core if you have the money...) But then again, I'm an AMD person. "Zapper" wrote in message

yes,sounds good "Andyistic" wrote in message When obtaining a motherboard, should I use a Pentium 4-HT or a Pentium D CPU? Or maybe I want a Pentium D with Hyperthreading? Some say I should ditch Intel altogether and go with AMD. I am so confused ... A little help here, please ...
-- Andy
P.S. What memory is best to use with a 800-MHz front-side bus?

Dual core 64bit is the basic decision. I see little reason to buy a single core computer any more. 64bit seems a given also. As to what choice among those, take your pick.
"Travis King" wrote in message

I would go with an AMD Athlon 64. (Dual-core if you have the money...) But then again, I'm an AMD person. "Zapper" wrote in message yes,sounds good "Andyistic" wrote in message When obtaining a motherboard, should I use a Pentium 4-HT or a Pentium D CPU? Or maybe I want a Pentium D with Hyperthreading? Some say I should ditch Intel altogether and go with AMD. I am so confused ... A little help here, please ...
-- Andy
P.S. What memory is best to use with a 800-MHz front-side bus?

You might want to wait a few more days to see what the new Intel Core 2 Duo CPU's will be like. Official launch date might be July 14, or the 23rd, or the 27th, or not. Quad core CPU's are also in development by Intel, and might show up around the end of the year or early next year. A Pentium D with Hyperthreading is the Extreme Edition is it not? Aren't those CPU's very expensive?
As for memory, Dual Channel will provide a boost in performance. ECC memory might reduce the number of computer crashes you experience. I have heard that about 5 percent of crashes can be attributed to memory problems.
"Andyistic" wrote in message

When obtaining a motherboard, should I use a Pentium 4-HT or a Pentium D CPU? Or maybe I want a Pentium D with Hyperthreading? Some say I should ditch Intel altogether and go with AMD. I am so confused ... A little help here, please ...
-- Andy
P.S. What memory is best to use with a 800-MHz front-side bus?

I'd second that. Intels new dual core is around the corner (code name Conroe) and initial tests have it beating AMD hands down.
Of the big question is; do you have the patience to wait :) ?
gR
"Gary Mount" wrote in message

You might want to wait a few more days to see what the new Intel Core 2 Duo CPU's will be like. Official launch date might be July 14, or the 23rd, or the 27th, or not. Quad core CPU's are also in development by Intel, and might show up around the end of the year or early next year. A Pentium D with Hyperthreading is the Extreme Edition is it not? Aren't those CPU's very expensive?
As for memory, Dual Channel will provide a boost in performance. ECC memory might reduce the number of computer crashes you experience. I have heard that about 5 percent of crashes can be attributed to memory problems.
"Andyistic" wrote in message When obtaining a motherboard, should I use a Pentium 4-HT or a Pentium D CPU? Or maybe I want a Pentium D with Hyperthreading? Some say I should ditch Intel altogether and go with AMD. I am so confused ... A little help here, please ...
-- Andy
P.S. What memory is best to use with a 800-MHz front-side bus?

Andyistic wrote:

When obtaining a motherboard, should I use a Pentium 4-HT or a Pentium D CPU? Or maybe I want a Pentium D with Hyperthreading?

I have Vista running on a Pentium 2.4C HT.

Some say I should ditch Intel altogether and go with AMD.

I have Vista running on an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ and on an AMD Sempron 64 2800+, too.

I am so confused ... A little help here, please ...

Choose your CPU following other criteria than the use of Vista... all Intel or AMD with 1 GHz + will do.
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/vistarpc.mspx> will help you!

-- Andy
P.S. What memory is best to use with a 800-MHz front-side bus?

PC3200 / DDR400 - 1 GB + of a good label (Crucial/Micron, Samsung, Siemens/Infineon/Qimonda/Aeneon...) - consult your motherboard user's manual and website.
rOy

Just to let you know. People have been complaining about Motherboards with Intel chip sets It seems Intel hasn't been providing updated drivers for Vista. "Andyistic" wrote in message

When obtaining a motherboard, should I use a Pentium 4-HT or a Pentium D CPU? Or maybe I want a Pentium D with Hyperthreading? Some say I should ditch Intel altogether and go with AMD. I am so confused ... A little help here, please ...
-- Andy
P.S. What memory is best to use with a 800-MHz front-side bus?

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When obtaining a motherboard, should I use a Pentium 4-HT or a Pentium D CPU? Or maybe I want a Pentium D with Hyperthreading? Some say I should ditch Intel altogether and go with AMD. I am so confused ... A little help here, please ...
If you want to buy a processor right now dirt cheap pick up an Intel

Pentium D 805. Dual core (2.66 GHz), 2 x 1MB L2 cache. Has a huge, quiet fan/heatsink. Runs Vista Beta 2 great AND IT ONLY COSTS ABOUT 100 BUCKS!
Combine it with an Intel 945G chipset motherboard, some cheap 533MHz DDR2 memory and you'll have a solid, good performing system for not much money.

I realize that the new Core CPU's are around the corner, but will they work in the existing motherboards on the market, or will we have to wait for companies like Abit to make new motherboards to support the Core?
I have a feeling that the new Core CPU's will be quite expensive to start. I expect the price to come down over the next few months, however.
-- Andy

"Gary Mount" wrote in message

You might want to wait a few more days to see what the new Intel Core 2 Duo CPU's will be like. Official launch date might be July 14, or the 23rd, or the 27th, or not. Quad core CPU's are also in development by Intel, and might show up around the end of the year or early next year. A Pentium D with Hyperthreading is the Extreme Edition is it not? Aren't those CPU's very expensive?

I'm using a Core Duo on one machine here. You can order Core Duo laptops and desktops from most if not all of the major system builders. I think Core Solo is also available and Core Duo 2 is a few weeks away.
"Andyistic" wrote in message

I realize that the new Core CPU's are around the corner, but will they work in the existing motherboards on the market, or will we have to wait for companies like Abit to make new motherboards to support the Core?
I have a feeling that the new Core CPU's will be quite expensive to start. I expect the price to come down over the next few months, however.
-- Andy

"Gary Mount" wrote in message You might want to wait a few more days to see what the new Intel Core 2 Duo CPU's will be like. Official launch date might be July 14, or the 23rd, or the 27th, or not. Quad core CPU's are also in development by Intel, and might show up around the end of the year or early next year. A Pentium D with Hyperthreading is the Extreme Edition is it not? Aren't those CPU's very expensive?

One of the good things about the new conroe being released is that the presler core (the dual core 65nm Pentium D model 9xx) is now dirt cheap, and I've been using them since release. I have the 950 and 940. Have had no problem with them since the initial motherboard bios problems. Another benefit to them that totally made me stop in mid-stride is that my 950 (3.4GHz) runs at about 15c idle and max of 30c under full load. I had originally thought that either the cpu or motherboard's temp sensor pin was bad, but I've had 3 motherboards and 3 CPUs all with the same results. Someone said a bit ago that a lot of crashes happen due to ram. Even more of them happen due to poor cooling systems. For the price, you can't beat the preslers...
As for your RAM question: You need to find out, from the motherboard manufacturer which ram is best for the particular motherboard, since it's not a matter of the FSB. Each motherboard has VERY specific RAM settings and most motherboard manufacturers list on their site (ASUS has the best system for it) which RAM works well with which board.
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"Andyistic" wrote in message |I realize that the new Core CPU's are around the corner, but will they work | in the existing motherboards on the market, or will we have to wait for | companies like Abit to make new motherboards to support the Core? | | I have a feeling that the new Core CPU's will be quite expensive to start. | I expect the price to come down over the next few months, however. | | -- Andy | | | | "Gary Mount" wrote in message | | > You might want to wait a few more days to see what the new Intel Core 2 | > Duo CPU's will be like. Official launch date might be July 14, or the | > 23rd, or the 27th, or not. | > Quad core CPU's are also in development by Intel, and might show up around | > the end of the year or early next year. | > A Pentium D with Hyperthreading is the Extreme Edition is it not? Aren't | > those CPU's very expensive? | > |