Hi, Guest
07-28-2005, 09:51 AM
Here's my two cents, take it for exactly what its worth ;)
I prefer Intel simply because in all my years I've never had an issue regarding heat/power consumption issues when using Intel and their MB's.
Too often AMD gets their speed at the expense of those two issues (heat/power) and I've been called in to baby AMD systems that skated that wedge and fell off. I mean AMD on their own practically invented the extra cooling gear craze as people cranked their CPU's to insane levels to get that last bit of CPU processing speed they could so they could best Intel. Raw speed is nice & all, but I want a system that I can depend on to boot up when I hit the big button.
As to the video card issue, I fell off ATI's bandwagon when they couldn't release a stable video card driver to save their lives :ph34r: nVidia cards have gotten power hungry but that seems to be the price of admission for high end graphics these days :rolleyes:
As to HD's I'm running WD currently no issues, ran Seagate years ago no issues, just outgrew that drive. Maxtor is sketchy, you either get a drive that lives for ever or it starts rattling like BB's in a tin can after a few years.
NefCanuck
I prefer Intel simply because in all my years I've never had an issue regarding heat/power consumption issues when using Intel and their MB's.
Too often AMD gets their speed at the expense of those two issues (heat/power) and I've been called in to baby AMD systems that skated that wedge and fell off. I mean AMD on their own practically invented the extra cooling gear craze as people cranked their CPU's to insane levels to get that last bit of CPU processing speed they could so they could best Intel. Raw speed is nice & all, but I want a system that I can depend on to boot up when I hit the big button.
As to the video card issue, I fell off ATI's bandwagon when they couldn't release a stable video card driver to save their lives :ph34r: nVidia cards have gotten power hungry but that seems to be the price of admission for high end graphics these days :rolleyes:
As to HD's I'm running WD currently no issues, ran Seagate years ago no issues, just outgrew that drive. Maxtor is sketchy, you either get a drive that lives for ever or it starts rattling like BB's in a tin can after a few years.
NefCanuck