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You can't directly compare clock speeds between seperate brands of processors. A 2.2GHz AMD will quite thoroughly demolish a 2.9GHz Intel.
I would go with the AMD laptop as the only difference is the hard drive, which, as you said, you can customize. I'd recommend going to an 80GB hard drive and increase the memory from 256MB to at least 512MB.
Myrdaal, isn't that MB socket 939 and the Sempron socket 754?
So how will that work? (anyone can answer this, not just Myrdaal)
Gah, my bad. Wasn't thinking, had it stuck in my head for some reason that the Sempron 64s were s939. :unsure:
Anyways, I hope you didn't order already, if you did my apologies. I don't have much experience with socket 754 so I can't really recommend a good mobo there but here's a link to an EPoX 8NPA7I.
well im gona go with athlon 3800+, geforce 6600gt. Any suggestions for a motherboard around the 150$ canadian or 125$ U.S. Also, would that processor need extra cooling?
Like Drew said, with your budget you should probably get either a 3000+ or Opteron 144 and overclock so you can invest in a better video card. And for the mobo I'd recommend an EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra.
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra 1024MB DDR Antec Sonata II w/ 450W SmartPower 2.0 Floppy Drive Western Digital 250GB Caviar SE LiteOn 16x16 DVD+/-RW GeForce 6800GS 256MB Windows XP Home Edition
Thats from a local shop, comes to $1086.50 CDN without tax. The processor is also very overclockable so you can give it a good boost.
I'm happily surprised. Around here a CNPS9500 or XP-90 costs upwards of $70 which may not seem like much but it can make or break the bank. :P
Yes, but a dual core costs at least 400$. I'm sure you could get an Athlon 64 + XP120 for less than that. ;)
Multithreaded apps are the future, IMO buying a single core processor these days is a waste. Even right now dual core procs greatly benefit people who do a lot of multitasking (which I do). I wouldn't mind paying $400 CDN for an Opteron 165 (which is what it costs) and be able to overclock to perform like a FX-60. On the other hand an Athlon 64 + XP-120 won't have the same cache and it won't be dual core.
